Date Chapter/Topics or Page/Problems T Jan 7 Introduction Review the final exam from last semester (Due Th Jan 16) Th 9 Hamiltonian-Jacobi Equations T 14 Hamiltonian-Jacobi Equations Th 16 Separation of Variables 4.7.1-2 (Due T Jan 21) T 21 Fourier Transform Th 23 Introduction to Linear Elliptic PDE T 28 (snow) Th 30 Exam 1 (snow) 2.5.2-6 (Due Th Oct 3) T Feb 4 Physical Interpretation of Linear Elliptic PDE Th 6 Exam 1 (rescheduled) T 11 (snow) Th 13 (snow) T 18 Outline of existence/uniqueness Exam 1 Th 20 Exam 1 rework due. T 25 Lax-Milgram Theorem Th 27 Exam 2 (postponed) First Existence Theorem T Mar 4 Sobolev Spaces Homework/challenge: Show that u(x) = 1-|x|^2 is in H_0^1(B_1(0)\{0}) Th 6 Properties of weak differentiation in Sobolev space T 11 Banach space structure (inequalities; background) Th 13 Section 5.3 Regularization T 18 Spring Break Th 20 Spring Break T 25 Review; Partition of Unity Student Projects/Presentations: (1) Section 5.3.2 (2) Section 5.3.3 (3) Section 5.4 Th 27 Solution Operator (Poincare' and Sobolev Inequalities) T Apr 1 Souhayl (Section 5.3.2) Th 3 Rellich's compactness theorem T 8 Goel (Section 5.3.3) Th 10 Weak maximum principle and Poincare'/Sobolev inequalities T 15 Theory of compact operators on Hilbert space: Fredhold alternative and spectral properties Th 17 Exam 2 (due) T 22 Main existence theorem Parabolic equations Th 24 Review (last lecture) Th May 1 Final Exam 2:50-5:40