Time and Place: MWF 200 Lov 9:05-9:55
Instructor: David A. Kopriva
Contact Info: 112 Lov; 645-0185 (office); 644-2202 (front desk, math)
email: kopriva@math.fsu.edu; webpage: www.math.fsu.edu/~kopriva
Office Hours: MWF 11:00-12:00, also by appointment.Email, call or just come by otherwise.
Eligibility: Numerical methods for PDEs or equivalent + Programming ability with a compiled language suitable for scientific computation.
Textbooks:
D.A. Kopriva, Implementing Spectral Methods: Algorithms for Scientists and Engineers, Springer, 2009. (Online version available at http://www.springer.com/mathematics/dynamical+systems/book/978-90-481-2260-8). Required. For errata, go to here.
C.Canuto, M.Y. Hussaini, A. Quarteroni and T.A. Zang, “Spectral Methods: Fundamentals in Single Domains”, Springer 2007, and “Spectral Methods:Evolution to Complex Geometries and Applications to Fluid Dynamics” (Recommended)
Course Content:
I. Fourier Approximation and Spectral Methods
II. Polynomial Approximation and Spectral Methods
III. Spectral Element Methods
Homework: Graded homework will be given periodically and will often require computer programming. There are typically 6-8 (time intensive) homework problems so each is rather important. (Translation: Do not skip an assignment.) The format for computer homework can be found in the section How to Write Up Computer Problem Homework.
Attendance: I strongly advise you to attend class regularly. A student absent from class bears the full responsibility for all subject matter and procedural information discussed in class.
Grading: There will be periodic, graded homework projects, plus a final presentation, which will form the basis for the final grade. There will be no exams, final or quizzes. Both analytical and computational problems will be assigned.
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