MATH673

Partial Differential Equations I

Prerequisite: MATH411; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department. Cross-listed with AMSC67 3. Credit only granted for: AMSC673 or MATH673. Analysis of boundary value problems for Laplace's equation, initial value problems for the heat and wave equations. Fundamental solutions, maximum principles, energy methods. First order nonlinear PDE, conservation laws. Characteristics, shock formation, weak solutions. Distributions, Fourier transform. Offered fall only.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.16 between 187 students*

MATH673 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 12.3%
A: 27.81%
A+: 8.02%
B-: 1.6%
B: 10.7%
B+: 13.37%
C-: 0.53%
C: 3.21%
C+: 1.6%
D: 0.53%
F: 1.6%
W: 7.49%
other: 11.23%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.