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Course Outlines

Summer 2019 - MATH 770 G100

Variational Calculus (3)

Class Number: 2007

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Aug 8, 2019
    Thu, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Held jointly with MATH 470-3. See description for MATH 470-3. Students may not take a 700 division course if it is being offered in conjunction with a 400 division course which they have taken previously.

COURSE DETAILS:

Discussion Topics: An introduction to the calculus of variations. Classical problems, the
Euler-Lagrange equations, necessary and sufficient conditions for an extremal, transversality
conditions, isoperimetrical problems, optimal control.

Grading

  • Homework 30%
  • Midterm 20%
  • Paper 15%
  • Final 35%

NOTES:

Note that students enrolled in the MATH 770 section will be subject to a different grading scheme as above and complete a paper.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

A First Course in the Calculus of Variations
Mark Kot
American Mathematical Society, 2014
ISBN: 9781470414955

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

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