Introduction to Asymptotic Analysis and Singular Perturbations

Math 490/710 - Special Topics in Applied Mathematics

Matthias K. Gobbert, Weijia Kuang, and Thomas I. Seidman

Fall 1999 - Syllabus

This syllabus is designed to give you an overview of the material to be covered and is tentative in nature.
The chapter numbers refer to Part B of the text, C.C. Lin and L.A. Segel, Mathematics Applied to Deterministic Problems in the Natural Sciences, SIAM, Philadelphia, 1988.
Week Main Topic Instructor
1 introduction, basic examples, polynomial equations Gobbert
2 dimensional analysis and scaling (Chapter 6) Seidman
3 regular perturbations for boundary value problems (Chapter 7) Gobbert
4 singular perturbations for boundary value problems (Chapter 9) Gobbert
5 more examples of singular perturbations (Chapter 11) Seidman
6 asymptotic analysis for integrals, Stirling's formula Seidman
7 review of all techniques covered so far, matching techniques Gobbert/Seidman
8 asymptotic problems arising from fluid mechanics Kuang
9 asymptotic problems arising from fluid mechanics Kuang
10 asymptotic problems arising from fluid mechanics Kuang
11 asymptotic problems arising from fluid mechanics Kuang
12 asymptotic analysis in chemical reations and diffusion Seidman
13 a homogenization technique for the Boltzmann equation Gobbert
14 review and catch-up Gobbert/Kuang/Seidman

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