Schedule of Classes

Index

AASP
AGNR
AGRO
AMST
ANSC
ANTH
ARCH
AREC
ARHU
ARSC
ARTH
ARTT
ASTR
BCHM
BIOM
BMGT
BSCI
BSOS
CCJS
CHEM
CHIN
CHPH
CLAS
CLUS
CMLT
CMSC
COMM
CONS
CPSP
DANC
EALL
ECON
EDCI
EDCP
EDHD
EDMS
EDPA
EDSP
EDUC
ENAE
ENBE
ENCE
ENCH
ENCO
ENEE
ENES
ENFP
ENGL
ENMA
ENME
ENNU
ENPM
ENRE
ENSE
ENSP
ENTM
ENTS
FMST
FOLA
FREN
GEMS
GEOG
GEOL
GERM
GREK
GVPT
HEBR
HESP
HISP
HIST
HLHP
HLTH
HONR
HORT
ITAL
IVSP
JAPN
JOUR
JWST
KNES
KORA
LARC
LASC
LATN
LBSC
LING
MAPL
MATH
MEES
METO
MICB
MOCB
MSWE
MUED
MUET
MUSC
MUSP
MUSP
NACS
NFSC
NRMT
PBIO
PHIL
PHYS
PORT
PSYC
PUAF
RUSS
SLAV
SOCY
SPAN
STAT
SURV
THET
TOXI
UMEI
UNIV
URSP
VMED
WMST
ZOOL

 
   Schedule of Classes

Fall '99

Section seat counts current as of: Sep 22 09:30

MAPL Applied Mathematics ( Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences)

MAPL460 Computational Methods; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisites: {a grade of C or better in MATH 240 and MATH 241}; and {CMSC 104 or CMSC 113}. Also offered as CMSC 460. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: MAPL/CMSC 460 or MAPL/CMSC 466. Basic computational methods for interpolation, least squares, approximation, numerical quadrature, numerical solution of polynomial and transcendental equations, systems of linear equations and initial value problems for ordinary differential equations. Emphasis on methods and their computational properties rather than their analytic aspects. Intended primarily for students in the physical and engineering sciences.
0101(37966) Cooper, J. (Seats=30, Open=1, Waitlist=0) Books
MWF.......10:00am-10:50am (CSS 2416)
MAPL466 Introduction to Numerical Analysis I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisites: {a grade of C or better in MATH 240 and MATH 241}; and CMSC 104. Also offered as CMSC 466. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: MAPL/CMSC 460 or MAPL/CMSC 466. Floating point computations, direct methods for linear systems, interpolation, solution of nonlinear equations.
0101(37976) Nochetto, R. (Seats=30, Open=3, Waitlist=0) Books
MWF....... 2:00pm- 2:50pm (MTH 0304)
MAPL498A Selected Topics in Applied Mathematics; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.

MAPL600 Advanced Linear Numerical Analysis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Prerequisite: CMSC/MAPL 666 or permission of instructor. Also offered as CMSC 760. Advanced topics in numerical linear algebra, such as dense eigenvalue problems, sparse elimination, iterative methods, and other topics.

0101(38189) Stewart, G. (Seats=20, Open=17, Waitlist=0) Books
TuTh...... 2:00pm- 3:15pm (PLS 1158)
MAPL660 Scientific Computing I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG.
Prerequisite: MAPL 460 or MAPL 466, or knowledge of basic numerical analysis (linear equations, nonlinear equations, integration, interpolation) with permission of instructor. Also offered as CMSC 660. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: MAPL 660 or CMSC 660. Monte Carlo simulation, fast Fourier transform and applications, nonlinear systems and continuation method, optimization, sparse matrices. Fundamental techniques in scientific computation with an introduction to the theory of each topic.
0101(37990) Von Petersdorff, T. (FULL: Seats=35, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
TuTh......12:30pm- 1:45pm (MTH 0403)
MAPL666 Numerical Analysis I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Prerequisites: MAPL 466; and MATH 410. Also offered as CMSC 666. Iterative methods for linear systems, piecewise interpolation, eigenvalue problems, numerical integration.
0101(37991) Oleary, D. (Seats=25, Open=10, Waitlist=0) Books
TuTh...... 2:00pm- 3:15pm (ARM 0120)
MAPL670 Ordinary Differential Equations I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Prerequisite: MATH 405; and MATH 410 or equivalent. Also offered as MATH 670. Existence and uniqueness, linear systems usually with Floquet theory for periodic systems, linearization and stability, planar systems usually with Poincare-Bendixson theorem. Offered fall only.
0101(38000) Berg, K. (Seats=18, Open=8, Waitlist=0) Books
MWF.......12:00pm-12:50pm (MTH 0401)
MAPL673 Partial Differential Equations I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Prerequisite: MATH 411 or equivalent. Also offered as MATH 673. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: MAPL 673 or MATH 673. Analysis of boundary value problems for Laplace's equation, initial value problems for the heat and wave equations. Fundamental solutions, maximum principles, energy methods. First order nonlinear PDE, conservation laws. Characteristics, shock formation, weak solutions. Distributions, Fourier transform. Offered fall only.
0101(38010) Grillakis, M. (Seats=20, Open=14, Waitlist=0) Books
TuTh......11:00am-12:15pm (MTH B0431)
MAPL698A Advanced Topics in Applied Mathematics; (1-4 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.

MAPL698B Advanced Topics in Applied Mathematics: Computational Fluid Dynamics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.

0101(38063) Liu, J. (Seats=20, Open=6, Waitlist=0) Books
TuTh...... 2:00pm- 3:15pm (MTH 0411)
MAPL699 Applied Mathematics Seminar: Topics in Applied Mathematics; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
0101(38073) Cooper, J. (Seats=25, Open=16, Waitlist=0) Books
Th........ 5:15pm- 6:15pm (MTH 0306)
MAPL799 Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.

MAPL899 Doctoral Dissertation Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.

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