Partial Differential Equations for Science and Engineering

Math 4512 (class number 13239)

Summer 2025

Instructor: Sergei Chmutov

Classes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:40am --- 1:15pm. First two weeks, 6/2/2025---6/13/2025, the classes will be in person in Cockins Hall 232. The last six weeks, 6/16/2025---7/25/2025, the classes will be online in ZOOM at the same time. The lectures will be recorded and available in Carmen during the entire Summer term.

TEXTBOOK: Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 11-th OSU edition, by W.E. Boyce. John Wiley & Sons (2012). ISBN: 9781119805113. Link for students to buy the eText. Electronic version of the textbook.
You should read sections of the book before they are studied in class.

Homework: There will be two assignments per week through Carmen due Monday and Friday.

Tests: There will be two online ZOOM midterms and one final exam also in ZOOM. You may not use your calculator, your text, notes, or solutions to assignments. During an exam you are supposed to be logged in to both Carmen and Zoom with your camera on. Except for extraordinary reasons, you must take the examinations at the scheduled times.

EXAMINATION SCHEDULE:
MIDTERM 1 Wednesday, June 18. MIDTERM 2 Friday, July 11. FINAL EXAM Monday, July 28, 12:00-1:45pm

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: Each homework will be graded out of 50 points. The lowest grade will be dropped. The total homework score will be the mean of remaining grades.

Homework 100 Midterms 2x100 Final exam 100 TOTAL 400

GRADING SCALE (Percent):
A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D
90 87 83 80 77 73 70 67 63 60

Tentative daily schedule

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