Course information

Instructor

  • Prof. Randall LeVeque
    • Office: Lewis 328
    • netid for email: rjl (but please ask questions on the discussion board)
    • Office hours:
      • On GoToMeeting: Tuesday 6:30 - 7:30pm and Thursday 7:00-8:00am. See Canvas page for connection information.
      • In Lewis 328: Thursday 11:00-12:00.
      • Or usually available to talk after class, or make an appointment.

TA

  • Susie Sargsyan
    • Office hours:
      • In Lewis 129: Monday 12:00-1:00, Wednesday 11:00-12:00.
      • On GoToMeeting: Wednesday 12:00-1:00. See Canvas page for connection information.

Class meeting times

  • MWF 2:30 - 3:20 pm in Loew 216

Discussion board

Registered students should be able to access the Piazza discussion board.

Canvas page

Registered students can view grades and other materials on the Canvas page

Grading

  • Homework: 60%, midterm: 20%, take-home final exam: 20%
  • See Homework for more information and due dates.

Textbook

  • R. J. LeVeque Finite Difference Methods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Steady State and Time Dependent Problems, SIAM, 2007.
  • The book webpage contains links to a tar file of matlab scripts and latex files.

Note: You can get a 30% discount if you buy the book direct from SIAM and you are a member. Student membership is free for UW students!

This text is also available online as an ebook. You should be able to access this link from a UW computer. Or if you are off-campus, you can gain access by using the UW library off-campus proxy.

Other resources

See Some other references