Syllabus Math 325, Spring Semester 1999

Syllabus Mathematics 325, Spring Semester 1999

Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (excluding Jan 18, Mar 12, 22, 24, 26) in CSCI-204 from 9:30 to 10:20. Also, see the Calendar for a complete list of the happenings in this class.
Office Hours: After each lecture in ROLLA-313 from 10:30 to 11:20. Also by appointment. Appointments may be scheduled in person, by phone (341-6208), or via e-mail (bohner@umr.edu).
Text: "Partial Differential Equations" by Walter A. Strauss. For an errata list on the author's web page click here.
Contents: Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and some of the topics of Chapters 3 and 12 of the textbook, i.e., waves and diffusions, boundary value problems, Fourier series, harmonic functions, and computation of solutions.
Homework Assignments: There will be 11 weekly homework assignments. They are available in class on the following Wednesdays: Jan 13, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, Mar 3, 10, 31, Apr 7, 14, 28. Usually, PDF Files of the assignments may be downloaded from my web page already on Tuesday. Homeworks will not be collected, but each Homework Session (i.e., each of Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, Mar 3, 10, 31, Apr 7, 14, 28, May 5) will start with a short quiz (about 15 minutes) on one particular problem of the homework assignment (all of the problems on the homework assignment will be covered, i.e., different students may get different quizzes, randomly distributed, with different problems, but all of them part of the previous homework assignment). The quizzes are closed book. The remainder of the Homework Sessions will be devoted to the discussion of the previous homework assignment.
Hour Exams: There will be 2 hour exams on Feb 22 and Apr 19. The hour exams are open book.
Final Exam: The final exam is comprehensive and will be on Wednesday, May 12, in CSCI-204 from 1:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon. The final exam is open book.
Grading Policy: Each of the eleven homework assignments is worth 5 points, each of the two hour exams 10 points, and the final exam 25 points. Hence the emphasis on the final amount of points is weighted as follows:

Homework Hour Exams Final
55 % 20 % 25 %
Altogether 100 points are available. A personal password may be used to obtain the personal Scores from my web page. Note that these scores as well as the estimated final grades are updated weekly. The final grade will be determined according to the following table:

F D C B A

- 59.5 60 - 69.5 70 - 79.5 80 - 89.5 90 -

(As a final grade of "D" is not allowed for a graduate student, for them the level to pass is 65.)

Homework	Hour Exams	Final
55 %	20 %	25 %

F	D	C	B	A
- 59.5	60 - 69.5	70 - 79.5	80 - 89.5	90 -