18.307 | Spring 2006 | Graduate

Integral Equations

Course Description

This course emphasizes concepts and techniques for solving integral equations from an applied mathematics perspective. Material is selected from the following topics: Volterra and Fredholm equations, Fredholm theory, the Hilbert-Schmidt theorem; Wiener-Hopf Method; Wiener-Hopf Method and partial differential equations; …
This course emphasizes concepts and techniques for solving integral equations from an applied mathematics perspective. Material is selected from the following topics: Volterra and Fredholm equations, Fredholm theory, the Hilbert-Schmidt theorem; Wiener-Hopf Method; Wiener-Hopf Method and partial differential equations; the Hilbert Problem and singular integral equations of Cauchy type; inverse scattering transform; and group theory. Examples are taken from fluid and solid mechanics, acoustics, quantum mechanics, and other applications.
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
Figure showing temperature regions around a plate.
Temperature profile around a plate (red: hot, to blue: cold), which is found via a singular integral equation. (Courtesy of Dr. Jaehyuk Choi. Used with permission.)