MATH305: Partial Differential Equations

This page contains some material for the course: MATH 305 Partial Differential Equations. Almost all of the material for this course is distributed through the course e-learning site. This web-page is only used for emergency situations. Most of the material distributed via this page is made available as a PDF file. To read these files you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your machine. You should be able to download this software by following appropriate links from the ITS page:
http://www.its.uow.edu.au.

Contents

Your mark for this course comprises:

Student Consultation

In 2009 my consolation hours are:
Tuesday13.30-15.30
Friday13.30-15:30
My room is 15.G26. If you cannot come at these times, contact me to arrange an appointment at a mutually convenient time.

Content of MATH305

MATH305 is divided into chapters. These are:

  1. Indices.
  2. Logarithms.
  3. Function Notation.
  4. Mostly About Straight Lines.
  5. Trigonometry.
  6. Exponential Growth & Decay.
  7. Data Modelling.
  8. Limits.
  9. Differentiation.
  10. Integration.

Additional resources for MATH305

Assignments

Assignment 1 On the subject outline
Assignment 2 Handed out by your tutor
Assignment 3 If you "forgot" to collect it from your tutor then you can download it here.
Assignment 4 If you didn't collect it during your tutorial then you can collect it here.

Test Results

If you would like to discuss your answers to any test, please send an email and arrange a time to see me: I am unable to discuss your answers if you turn up unannounced.

PDF file containing your mark on the first test and your mark on the second version of the first test (if you did it).

If you think that you student number does not appear on the file then you need to come to my office with a two-dollar coin that you will give to me. If I find your student number on the file then I keep the two-dollar coin. If your student number is missing then I return the two-dollar coin.

Note: You do not need to pass each test to pass the course. Obviously it is desirable to do well on the test...

Answers to previous exam papers

Solutions to some previous exam papers are available
1992 multiple choice questions Part B

I'm often asked what sections of the notes will be examined on the final exam. Here are some guidelines. Please note that the following comments should not be taken as a 100% guarantee. To see why this is so, consider a hypothetical question on data-modelling that is worth five marks. To answer such a question correctly you might need to know about logarithms and exponential functions. However, in the following I would count this question as five marks on on data modelling.

The 2008 exam paper has two sections. The first section contains twenty multiple choice. There are ten chapters in the book. On average you should expect two questions per chapter. (Some chapters may have less questions. Correspondingly, some chapters may have more questions). The second section contains long answer questions. The marks for this section are approximately as follows:

Miscellaneous

Make your own graph paper.

Timetable for study assistance during study week

Notes:

  1. Staff will not be available for assistance outside these times.
  2. There will be a roster system for answering questions and a limit of 3 questions per student at any one time.
  3. Students should bring with them their lecture notes and/or attempted exercises when asking for assistance.

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Page Created: 28th April 2009.
Last Updated: 28th April 2009.