MATH 405 Advanced Calculus for Scientists and Engineers

(Fall 1998)

Lecture 1: 1:25p --- 2:15p, 220 Thomas (MW), 215 Osmond (F).

Lecture 2: 4:40p --- 5:30p, 223 Thomas (MW), 215 Osmond (F).

Instructor: Chun Liu , 310 McAllister Bldg, 865-3611, liu@math.psu.edu.

Office hours: MWF 2:30p --- 3:30p or by appointment.

Text: ``Advanced Engineering Mathematics", 7th Edition, E. Kreyszig, Wiley, 1993.

Supplemental Texts:

``Advanced Engineering Mathematics", 6th Ed., C. R. Wylie, McGraw-Hill, 1995.

``Advanced Engineering Mathematics", 2nd Ed., M. D. Greenberg, Prentice Hall, 1998.

more to be given later in the class.

Approximate Course Content: We will mainly cover the following topics: Vector Calculus, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations. The course will also make the use of MAPLE.

Tests and Grades: There will be one midterm exam and a final exam. The final grade will be determined as follows:

(40% homework) + (30% midterm exam) +(30% final exam).

Lectures Schedule