Unit information: Applied Analysis 3 in 2009/10

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Unit name Applied Analysis 3
Unit code MATH36203
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. Slastikov
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

none

Co-requisites

none

School/department School of Mathematics
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

This unit introduces some of the main methods of modern analysis (focusing on partial differential equations and calculus of variations) along with some of the main problems in the physical sciences that have been solved using these methods, such as: 1. Pattern formation in elasticity and micromagnetics 2. The Allen-Cahn and Fokker-Plank equations 3. Optimal transportation