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MATH-4425: Fourier Series and Partial Differential Equations

Description: Separation of variables for heat, wave, and potential equations. Fourier expressions. Application to boundary value problems. Bessel functions. Integral transforms and problems on unbounded domains.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CMDA-2006 or MATH-2214 or MATH-2406H or (MATH-2214H and MATH-3224)

Required By: ESM-5744, MATH-4426, MATH-5545, MATH-5546

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 2.96 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 28.42%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.04%

Robert C Rogers201839.2%36.9%13.0%3.3%6.2%1.3%2.989
John A Burns202345.0%30.8%8.6%6.5%7.4%1.6%2.946
David L Russell200732.7%35.2%25.9%1.2%4.9%0.0%2.813
Honghu Liu202266.7%16.7%10.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%3.281
Robert L Wheeler200650.0%25.0%15.0%5.0%5.0%0.0%3.121

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