Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
As taught in: Fall 2004
Sea waves are solutions of complicated partial differential equations. (Image courtesy of NASA.)
Instructors:
Prof. Gigliola Staffilani
Prof. Andras Vasy
MIT Course Number:
18.152
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course analyzes initial and boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations and the wave and heat equation in one space dimension. It also covers the Sturm-Liouville theory and eigenfunction expansions, as well as the Dirichlet problem for Laplace's operator and potential theory.
