Analysis

Learn Partial Differential Equations

The equations of physics and geometry: classification into elliptic/parabolic/hyperbolic, the heat, wave, and Laplace equations, separation of variables, the method of characteristics, well-posedness, transform methods, boundary-value problems, and the CFL condition for numerical schemes.

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What you'll learn

30 lessons in Partial Differential Equations

PDEs & their classificationThe heat equationThe wave equationLaplace's equation & harmonic functionsSeparation of variablesThe method of characteristicsWell-posedness & boundary conditionsTransform methodsBoundary-value problems & eigenfunctionsNumerical PDEs & the CFL conditionWeak solutions & test functionsDistributions & the delta functionFundamental solutions & Green's functionsSobolev spaces & energy estimatesConservation laws & shock formationDuhamel's principle & sourcesThe variational method & Dirichlet's principleThe finite-element methodThe maximum principle as a toolThe Dirichlet problem on a discThe method of imagesSeparating in curved coordinatesThe Rayleigh quotientWaves in two and three dimensionsFully nonlinear first-order equationsHamilton-Jacobi equationsSystems of conservation lawsThe Riemann problemThe Lax-Milgram theoremImplicit schemes and von Neumann stability
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