Instructor: Gene Wayne
Math Department
111 Cummington Street
Room 242
Phone: 353-1495
e-mail: cew@math.bu.edu

Course Description: Prereq: MA 711 or consent of the instructor. Hyperbolic, elliptic, parabolic equations, characteristics, separation of variables, eigenvalue problems, Fourier techniques, Sobolev spaces, potential theory, and an introduction to pseudodifferential operators.

Office Hours:
Wednesday: 9:00-10:30
Friday: 2:00-3:30

I encourage you to come to my office hours if you have any questions about the course. If you want to speak with me, but are unable to come to see me at any of my regular office hours, please let me know and we can schedule a mutually convenient time.

Grading: Your grade will based entirely on the homework assignments which will be due about every two weeks. Your work in this course is governed by BU’s Academic Conduct Code

which you are expected to be familiar with and abide by. However, I encourage you to work together on the homework assignments since I feel that this is the best way to learn this material. After you have discussed and worked through the problems each person should then write up his or her own solutions. If you have any questions about whether or not some sort of collaboration is permissible please don’t hesitate to come and talk it over with me.