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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Mathematics
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 12 units of credit in Level 2 Math courses including MATH2120 or MATH2130; Excluded: MATH3141, MATH3150.
 
 
Offered: Semester 1 2005
 
 
Fee Band: 2
 
 

Description

Fundamental methods for solution of ordinary and partial differential equations in applied mathematics, physics and engineering. Revision of separation of variables. Sturm-Liouville theory, eigenfunction expansions and generalised Fourier series, orthogonal polynomials. Bessel functions. Fourier and Laplace transforms. The method of characteristics. Introduction to Green's functions.

Note: MATH2520 or MATH2620 is recommended.

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