Applied Mathematics
Syllabus, Master's level, 1MA060
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 1MA060
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Mathematics A1N
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 6 November 2007
- Responsible department
- Department of Mathematics
Entry requirements
120 credit points and 60 credit points Mathematics
Learning outcomes
The course aims at giving an introduction to the exciting borderland between mathematics and applied areas of heavy computations by presenting a number of important methods and techniques in applied mathematics. In order to pass the course (grade 3) the student should be able to
Content
The course gives an introduction to a number of modern methods and techniques in applied mathematics via examples from applied areas. It consists of the following rather independent items: dimension analysis and scaling, perturbation methods, calculus of variation, elementary partial differential equations, Sturm–Liouville theory and associated theory for generalised Fourier series and Fourier's method, theory of transforms, Hamiltonian theory and isoperimetric problems, integral equations, dynamical systems (chaos, stability and bifurcations), discrete mathematics, and briefly about some other useful techniques in applied mathematics (distribution theory, similarity methods, homogenisation, etc.)
Instruction
Lectures and problem solving sessions.
Assessment
Written and, possibly, oral examination at the end of the course. Moreover, compulsory assignments may be given during the course.