MTH 482/682 Spring 2000

Office Hours: 1600--1700 T Th

You don't need an appointment to see me during office hours; but it is safer to make an appointment if you want to see me at other times.

Text: Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, by Bender and Orszag

Evaluation: Midterm 35%

Homework 30%

Course Content: An introduction to analytical approximation of differential equations and integrals. Topics include: Greenнs functions; eigenvalue problems; Fourier and Laplace integrals; Besselнs, Airyнs, Legendreнs (etc) functions; asymptotics, perturbation methods, boundary layers, WKB, multiple scales, averaging.

Web page: http://www.math.wright.edu/MS/AppliedMath/methods.html

To do well in this course: 1. Don't read the books without a pencil and paper on hand. Do all of the problems on the homework (without using the book). Do more problems than are on the homework. Find sources of extra problems. 2. Ask questions in class. Make a list of questions before coming to class. If your questions are not answered in class, come to my office hours. Don't hesitate to approach me about something you do not understand. 3. Volunteer for Calculus tutoring. 4. If you did very well in your calculus courses, you should expect to spend about 10 hours a week doing work outside of class; if you did not do so well, you will need to spend much more time doing problems.