Trent University 2002
Mathematics-Physics 308H
Applied Mathematics
Instructor

• K. Abdella
• LEC N124, 748-1543

Secretary

• Carolyn Johns
• LEC N126, 748-1531

Format

• Three lectures weekly
• One tutorial weekly

Text

• To be determined.

Computer Software

• The computer algebra software MAPLE will be used throughout the course.

Course Content

• Sturm-Liouville Problems
  Existence and Uniqueness of solutions of boundary value problems
  Sturm-Liouville theory and eigen function expansion
  
  
• Special Functions
  Bessel, Legendre, Gamma, Hermite, Chebyshev, Laguerre, and Hypergeometric functions.
  
  
• Calculus of Variation
  Euler's equation
  
  Evaluation
  
  Assignments
  25%
  
  Quizzes
  15%
  Midterm Test
  20%
  
  Final exam
  40%
  
  Plagiarism
  
  Plagiarism is an extremely serious academic offense and carries penalties varying from failure in an assignment to debarment from the University. Definitions, procedures and penalties for dealing with plagiarism are set out in Trent University's Policy on plagiarism which is printed in the Univerity Calendar.
  
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