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Mathematical Methods and Partial Differential Equations - MATH3121
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Mathematics and Statistics
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 12 units of credit in Level 2 Mathematics courses including MATH2011 or MATH2111, and MATH2120 or MATH2130, or both MATH2019(DN) and MATH2089, or both MATH2069(DN) and MATH2099.
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Studies properties of and fundamental methods for the solution of partial differential equations (PDEs); classification of first and second order PDEs; Dirichlet and Neumann problems including the Wave, Heat and Laplace Equations; Method of Characteristics; Fourier and Laplace Transforms, Green's Functions and Conformal Maps; selected applications from Finance, Physics, Engineering and the biosciences.

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