MAT-2200 Differential Equations - 10 stp

Applicants from Nordic countries: Generell studiekompetanse og følgende spesielle opptakskrav:

Matematikk R1 + R2 og i tillegg enten:

• Fysikk 1 + 2 eller
• Kjemi 1+ 2 eller
• Biologi 1 + 2 eller
• Informasjonsteknologi 1 + 2 eller
• Geofag 1 + 2 eller
• Teknologi og forskningslære 1 + 2

International applicants: Higher Education Entrance Qualification and certified language requirements in English. A list of the requirements for the Higher Education Entrance Qualification in Norway can be found on the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education website - nokut.no

Recommended prerequsites is MAT-1003 Calkulus 3 and MAT-1004 Linear algebra or equal.

Application code is 9336.

After the course the student should be able to

• Solve first order linear and certain types of non-linear differential equations.
• Classify stability of equilibrium for first order differential equations with parameters.
• Know existence/uniqueness theorem for initial value problem of differential equations.
• Know the concept of linearly independent solutions and particular solutions of n-th order linear differential equations and be able to superpose solutions.
• Solve linear differential equations with power series around ordinary points.
• Classify linar and almost linear autonomous systems of differential equations with stability of equilibrium.
• Solve systems of linear differential equations with constant coeffisients.
• Make face portraits and direction fields for autonomous systems in dimenstion 2.
• Know basic theory for Fourier series and use this to solve differential equations..
• Use the method of separtation of variables on simple partial diferential equations with boundary and initial value conditions that lead to development of Fourier series.
• Use Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue theory on standard problems from separation of variables.