Partial Differential Equations II (MATH-0256)

Spring 2025 · MATH 0256 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Boundary-value problems of Sturm-Liouville type, separation of variables, special functions. Similarity solutions, transform methods, power-series solutions, the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem. Topics in functional analysis, including L^p spaces and derivatives and existence of weak solutions to second-order elliptic equations and linear evolution equations. Interior and boundary regularity. Topics in the calculus of variations. Other selected topics. Prerequisites: Math 255; or permission of instructor.

Course codes: MATH-0256, MATH 0256, MATH0256, MATH-256, MATH 256, MATH256

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