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AMATH 741Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Applied Mathematics
Cross-listed
CS 778, CM 750

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 1 lecture section. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Discretization methods for partial differential equations, including finite difference, finite volume and finite element methods. Application to elliptic, hyperbolic and parabolic equations. Convergence and stability issues, properties of discrete equations, and treatment of non-linearities. Stiffness matrix assembly and use of sparse matric software. Students should have completed a course in numerical computation at the undergraduate level.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00160130 / 40MW 11:30–12:50

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  • This course is essentially the mechanical engineering redemption arc. It explains numerical methods properly at a level approachable to students outside of the mathematics faculty as well. The 3 main chapters are finite difference methods, finite volume methods, and finite element methods. It provides all the details behind finite volume methods that engineering CFD courses hide from students. It also presents the details of finite element methods that engineering FEM courses refuse to explain. Overall, this is one of the more straightforward AMATH graduate level courses offered.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 2 threads mention AMATH 741, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2018

courses schedules for MMath? 2 points, 4 comments

u/mister_timu: “Anyone here starting MMath in Sept? I can't find lecture times for courses like AMATH 740,AMATH 741, CO 663, CO 666 on adm yet. Is this the wrong place to be looking for these courses? And when will the lecture times for these courses come out?”

u/Gibstick: “CO 666, CO 663 (no 663 yet) AMATH 740, AMATH 741 (no 741 yet) I use https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/teaching/schedule/ because it gives you linkable results.”

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Fall 2017

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u/UWCourseLinker: “AMATH 731 - Applied Functional Analysis AMATH 732 - Asymptotic Analysis and Perturbation Theory AMATH 740 - Numerical Analysis AMATH 741 - Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations AMATH 751 - Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations AMATH 753 - Advanced Partial …”

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