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  • Differential and Integral Calculus1 (90901)
  • תקציר הקורס:

    Abstract:

    Real numbers. Sequences. Limit of a sequence. Limits and continuity of f?unctions. Intermediate value theorem. Weierstrass's theorem. The derivative. Techniques of differentiation. Fermat, Rolle and Lagrange theorems. L'H?pital's rule. Taylor polynomial approximations. The derivative in graphing and applications. The definite and indefinite integral. Principles on integral evaluation: integration by parts and by substitution. The fundamental theorem of calculus (Newton-Leibniz). Improper integral.
  • Partial Differential Equations (90915)
  • תקציר הקורס:

    Abstract:

    Derivation of the wave equation.

    D’Alembert solution for an infinite string, wave bouncing from a clamped and a free end of a string.

    Well-posedness. Classification of second order linear problems.

    Canonical forms. Laplace equation.

    Solution of the wave equation on a bounded interval by separations of variables.

    Uniqueness of the solution using the energy method. The maximum principle.

    Separation of variables to Laplace equation in a rectangular and in a circle.

    The heat equation. The maximum principle for the heat equation.

     

    Solution of the inhomogeneous problem.

    Solution of partial differential equations using Integral transforms.

     

    Waves in a rounded membrane and Bessel equation.
  • Harmonic Analysis (90916)
  • תקציר הקורס:

    Abstract:

    Fourier series: expansion to Fourier series on a finite interval,

    Fourier coefficients. Complex representation of Fourier series,

    the convergence of the series, Dirichlet func tion,

    convergence in a jump discontinuity. Gibbs phenomena.

    Parseval’s identity. Differentiation and integration of Fourier series.

    Fourier transform, definition, properties and the transform table.

    Applications of Fourier transform in signal processing and

    in solutions of differential equations. Laplace transform and its applications

    in solving ordinary differential equations.

    Solution in cases where the forcing term is a step func tion or a delta func tion.