Course information

Instructor

• Prof. Randall LeVeque
  • Office: Lewis 328
  • netid for email: rjl (but please ask questions on the discussion board)
  • Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11-12

Class meeting times

• MWF 2:30 - 3:20 pm in Loew 219 (changed April 1)

Discussion board

Registered students should be able to access the Piazza discussion board.

Canvas page

Registered students can view grades and other materials on the Canvas page

Grading

• Homework: 60%, midterm: 20%, take-home final exam: 20%
• See Homework for more information and due dates.

Recommended Background

Prerequisite: Either AMath 585, AMath 581, or permission of instructor. Some past experience in numerical methods for differential equations will be assumed, along with basic understanding of ordinary and partial differential equations.

Programming experience is also expected, e.g. in Matlab. Python will be used for many demonstrations and students are encouraged to use it.

Textbook

• R. J. LeVeque Finite Difference Methods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Steady State and Time Dependent Problems, SIAM, 2007.
• The book webpage contains links to a tar file of matlab scripts and latex files.

Note: You can get a 30% discount if you buy the book direct from SIAM and you are a member. Student membership is free for UW students!

This text is also available online as an ebook. You should be able to access this link from a UW computer. Or if you are off-campus, you can gain access by using the UW library off-campus proxy.

Other resources

See Some other references