Postgraduate Course: MIGSAA Advanced PDE 2 (MATH12005)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 15 | 
ECTS Credits | 7.5 | 
 
 
| Summary | The course will cover the basic techniques and methods needed for a rigorous understanding of Hyperbolic, Schrodinger and Hamiltonian-Jacobi equations. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    i. Heat and Schrodinger equations: Initial value problem and 
generalised solutions. Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation and 
Strictarz estimates. 
ii. Hyperbolic Equations: Continuity and existence of weak solutions, 
iii. Variational techinques: Euler-Lagrange equations, existence of 
minimisers and critical points. 
iv. Nonvarational techiniques: Monotonicity methods, Fix point methods, Gradient flows. 
v. Hamiltonion-Jacobi Equations: Definition and uniqueness of 
viscosity solutions, control theory and the Hopf-Lax formula.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
150
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 Lecture Hours 20,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
127 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Coursework: 100% | 
 
| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Thoroughly understand the basic properties of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations.
 - Demonstrate familiarity with Schrodinger Equations and Streictarz inqualities
 - Demonstrate concrete understanding of basic concepts and tools needed to analyse Hyperbolic, Schrodinger and Hamiltonian-Jacobi Equations rigorously.
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Special Arrangements | 
*Only students of the MIGSAA CDT may take this course* | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Jim Wright 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8570 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Ms Isabelle Hanlon 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5955 
Email:  | 
   
 
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