Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

Module Identifier
MAM4420
Module Title
BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Pre-Requisite
Pre-Requisite
Pre-Requisite

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Lecture 20 x 1hour lectures
Seminars / Tutorials 7 x 1hour seminars
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Exam 2 Hours   (written examination)  100%
Supplementary Assessment 2 Hours   (written examination)  100%

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, a student should be able to:
1. discretize elliptic boundary value problems in an efficient way;
2. derive accurate numerical solutions of elliptic boundary value problems;
3. explain and use spectral methods and spectral element methods.

Brief description

Boundary value problems, in ordinary and partial differential equations, occur naturally in science and engineering, eg clamped beam problems, slow viscous flow, and elasticity. Over the centuries many famous mathematicians have been challenged by such problems and have produced elegant classical solution methods. Today it is possible to marry some of these classical discoveries with modern computational methods, to enable the solution of contemporary problems.

Aims

To teach students how to solve linear boundary problems using modern analytic and computational methods.

Content

1. TWO POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS: Variational and weak formulations.
2. GALERKIN AND PSEUDOSPECTRAL GALERKIN METHODS: Pseudospectral Galerkin and collocation methods.
3. ERROR ESTIMATE AND CONVERGENCE RATES FOR FINITE DIMENSIONAL APPROXIMATIONS
4. ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS IN THE PLANE: Approximation in Tensor Product Spaces of Polynomials
5. INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENT METHODS.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7