APM 634 - Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

(4 credits)

A study of major numerical techniques used to solve initial and boundary value problems for partial differential equations. Includes finite difference schemes, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods, projection and steepest descent methods and finite element methods. The stability, efficiency and convergence of such methods will be considered as well as their implementation.

Prerequisite(s): Student must meet prerequisites (APM 533 and APM 557).