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MATH 439 - Applied Mathematics for Sciences and Engineering

Designed mainly for science and engineering majors. Topics include the formulation of the basic partial differential equations from engineering and classical physics, separation of variables for the wave, heat, and Laplace equations, Fourier series and Sturm-Liouville theory, applications of Laplace and Fourier transform techniques to partial differential equation problems, eigenfunction expansions, method of characteristics, perturbation methods, Green’s functions, orthogonal expansions, and numerical methods.

Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 232 and MATH 336.

Credits: 3