Mathematics 222B: Partial Differential Equations

UC Berkeley, Fall Semester 2011

TIME: 10:10-11:00 MWF
PLACE: 736 Evans Hall

INSTRUCTOR: L C Evans (evans@math.berkeley.edu, 1033 Evans Hall)
OFFICE HOURS: 11:00-12:00 on MWF

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Lawrence C Evans, ``Partial Differential Equations'', American Math Society (second edition)


COURSE OUTLINE:
1. Second order elliptic PDE
2. Evolution equations
3. Calculus of variations and PDE
4. More on Hamilton-Jacobi PDE
5. Additional topics on nonlinear PDE


HOMEWORK AND GRADING:
25% homework, 25% take home midterm, 50% take home final exam
I will assign new homework at each class meeting. Each assignment will be due in one week.


HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:


Homework 1 page 367 #8 due Mon, Jan 31
Homework 2 page 366 #7 due Wed, Feb 1
Homework 3 page 367 #9 due Mon, Feb 6
Homework 4 page 367 #11 due Wed, Feb 8
Homework 5 page 367 #10 due Fri, Feb 10
Homework 6 page 368 #12 due Mon, Feb 13
Homework 7 page 368 #14 due Mon, Feb 20
Homework 8 page 446 #2 due Wed, Feb 22
Homework 9 page 446 #4 due Mon, Feb 27
Homework 10 page 447 #6 due Wed, Feb 29
Homework 11 page 447 #8 due Fri, March 2
Homework 12 page 448 #12 due Mon, March 5
Homework 13 page 448 #13 due Wed, March 7
Homework 14 page 521 #2 due Mon, March 12
Homework 15 page 521 #3 due Wed, March 14
Homework 16 page 523 #14 due Mon, April 9
Homework 17 page 524 #16 due Wed, April 11
Homework 18 page 523 #13 due Fri, April 13
Homework 19 page 525 #19 due Mon, April 16
Homework 20 page 573 #3 due Wed, April 18
Homework 21 page 574 #4 due Fri, April 20
Homework 22 page 574 #8 due Mon, April 23
Homework 23 page 575 #9 due Wed, April 25