MATH584 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS II

Course Code:2360584
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Mathematics
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. OKAY ÇELEBİ
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

Sobolev spaces: Weak Derivatives, Approximation by Smooth functions, Extentions, Traces, Sobolev Inequalities, The Space H^-1. Second-order Elliptic Equations: Weak Solutions, Lax-Milgram Teorem, Energy estimates, Fredholm Alternative, Regularity, Maximum Principles, Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions. Linear Evolution Equations: Second-order Parabolic equations, (Weak solutions, Regularity, Maximum principle), Second-order Hyperbolic Equations (Weak Solutions, Regularity, Propagation of disturbances), Hyperbolic Systems of First-order Equations, Semigroup theory.


Course Learning Outcomes