MAST 841
Partial Differential Equations (P.D.E.’s)
Winter 2026 · Partial Differential Equations
Topics
- First-order PDEs and characteristics
- Wave and diffusion equations
- Laplace’s equation and harmonic functions
- Distributions
- Fundamental solutions and Green’s functions
- Fourier series
- Boundary-value problems
Readings
- Rustum Choksi. Partial Differential Equations: A First Course. American Mathematical Society, 2022. AMSTEXT/54. ISBN 978-1-4704-6491-2; eBook ISBN 978-1-4704-6867-5.
- Graduate level only: Lawrence C. Evans. Partial Differential Equations. Graduate Studies in Mathematics, volume 19. American Mathematical Society, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4704-6942-9; eBook ISBN 978-1-4704-1144-2.
Winter 2023 · MATH 473
Readings
- A. Komech, A. Komech, Book of practical PDE’s.
- V. Ivrii, Partial Differential equations.
- Lawrence C. Evans. Partial Differential Equations, Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 19, AMS, 2010.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Winter 2026
- Historical course outline ↗Winter 2025
- Historical course outline ↗Winter 2024
- Historical course outline ↗Winter 2023
- Winter 2026 outline. Course header explicitly lists MATH 473, MAST 666, MAST 841. Choksi is required for the course. The source adds Evans for graduate-level students; this extra requirement does not apply to the undergraduate MATH 473 row.
- Historical source. Generic Textbook/References headings remain requirement-unspecified. Bibliographic editions and years are retained as printed; source inconsistencies may remain. Automated extraction with conservative filtering; distinct bibliography strings screened for false positives; entire syllabus not manually reviewed.
- Historical source. Generic Textbook/References headings remain requirement-unspecified. Bibliographic editions and years are retained as printed; source inconsistencies may remain. Automated extraction with conservative filtering; distinct bibliography strings screened for false positives; entire syllabus not manually reviewed.
- Historical source. Generic Textbook/References headings remain requirement-unspecified. Bibliographic editions and years are retained as printed; source inconsistencies may remain. Automated extraction with conservative filtering; distinct bibliography strings screened for false positives; entire syllabus not manually reviewed.