Covers Sturm-Liouville theory, Fourier series, and linear second-order PDEs including separation of variables, eigenfunction expansions, and Green's functions.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Jean Luc Thiffeault
Jean-Luc Thiffeault taught this course in past terms, with a student noting that lectures were good but they learned mostly from the book. The homework was not bad, and tests offered substantial partial credit and drew directly from the homework problems, making it easy to earn a good grade if you understood the material.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026