| Math 517 |
| Finite Difference Methods |
Tentative Course Plan
Week 1 23-27 August
08/24 --- Model equations (wave, heat and
convection-diffusion equations)
08/26 --- The choice of the finite differences
Week 2 30-03 September
08/31 --- Stability of Finite difference methods (con.)
09/02 --- Scalar conservation Laws
Week 3 06-10 September
09/07 --- Some nonlinear systems
09/09 --- Linear hyperbolic systems
Week 4 13-17
September
09/14 ---Shock waves & Rarefaction waves
09/16--- Riemann Problems
Week 5
20-24 September
09/21 --- Finite Difference for linear problems
09/23 ---
Week 6 27--01 September-October
09/28 --- Conservative methods for nonlinear problems
09/30 ---
Week 7 04--08 October
10/05 --- Computing discontinuous solutions
10/07 --- Midterm
Week 8 11-15 October
10/12 --- Godunov's method
10/14 ---
Week 9 18-22 October
10/19 --- Approximate Riemann solvers
10/21 ---
Week 10 25-29 October
10/26 --- Nonlinear stability
10/28 ---
Week 11 01 - 05 November
11/02 --- High resolution methods
11/04 ---
Week 12 08-12
November
11/09--- Semi-discrete methods
11/11 --- Multi-D problems
Week 13 15-19 November
11/16 --- Hamilton-Jacobi equations and numerical methods
11/18 ---
22-26 November *** Thanksgiving Break ***
Week 14 29 November ---03 December
11/30 --- Parabolic equations and numerical methods
12/02 ---
Week 15 06
- 10 December
12/07 ---
12/09 --- Review
Final Week 13-- 17 December TBA.