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Image showing Gaussian shaped pulse. (Image adapted from lecture notes.)
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Highlights of this Course
This undergraduate course provides an introduction to fundamental concepts in "continuous" applied mathematics. The website features problem sets, lecture notes, and study materials.
Course Description
Discussion of computational and modeling issues. Nonlinear dynamical systems; nonlinear waves; diffusion; stability; characteristics; nonlinear steepening, breaking and shock formation; conservation laws; first-order partial differential equations; finite differences; numerical stability; etc. Applications to traffic problems, flows in rivers, internal waves, mechanical vibrations and other problems in the physical world.
Technical Requirements
MATLAB® software is required to run the .m files found on this course site.
MATLAB® is a trademark of The MathWorks, Inc.
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Instructor:
Prof. Rodolfo Rosales
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Lectures:
Two sessions / week
1.5 hours / session
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Undergraduate
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