MM831: Differential Equations II

Study Board of Science

Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N310004102
Assessment: Second examiner: Internal
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Master

STADS ID (UVA): N310004101
ECTS value: 5

Date of Approval: 25-04-2019


Duration: 1 semester

Version: Approved - active

Comment

See Danish version.

Entry requirements

The course cannot be chosen by students, who has either followed og passed MM543, MM547 or MM531.

Academic preconditions

Students taking the course are expected to:

  • Know the concept of a
    function, real and complex numbers, differentiation and integration of
    functions of one and several variables, vector calculus, convergence of
    sequences, Newton’s method.
  • Be familiar with: systems of linear
    equations, matrices, determinants,  vector spaces, scalar product and
    orthogonality, linear transformations, eigenvectors and eigenvalues,
    diagonalization, polynomials, random variables, normal distribution
  • Have
    knowledge of how to implement algorithms as computer programs and
    compute numerical approximations to mathematical problems that don't
    allow a closed form solution.

Course introduction

The purpose of the course is to analyse and solve ordinary differential equations by computational methods.

The
course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses MM536 (Calculus
for Mathematics), MM533 (Mathematical and Numerical Analysis), MM538
(Algebra and Linear Algebra), MM507 (Differential equations) / first
half of MM545 (Differential equations and geometry).

The course gives an academic basis for a Master Project in several core areas of Natural Sciences.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

  • Give skills to:
    1. analyse practical and theoretical problems with the help of numerical simulation based on a suitable mathematical model
    2. describe and evaluate sources of error for the modelling and calculation of a given problem
    3. justify relevant models for analysis and solution and choose between them
    4. analyse, model and solve given problems at a high level of abstraction, based on logical and structured reasoning
  • Give knowledge and understanding of:
    1. Mathematical modelling and numerical analysis in science and engineering
    2. Reflection on theories, methods and practices in the field of applied mathematics.
    3. Advanced models and methods in mathematics

Expected learning outcome

The learning objectives of the course are that the student demonstrates the ability to:

  1. Construct, implement and analyse advanced numerical methods to compute (approximate) solutions to differential equations.
  2. Give an oral presentation on an advanced topic and answer supplementary questions on the course syllabus.

Content

The following main topics are contained in the course:

  1. Numerical methods: (embedded) Runge-Kutta methods and adaptivity.
  2. Stiffness, implicit methods, A-stability.
  3. Introduction to Ito-SDEs: Ito integral, Ito process, Ito formula.
  4. Numerical methods for SDEs: Euler-Maruyama and Milstein methods, weak and strong convergence.

Literature

See itslearning for syllabus lists and additional literature references.

Examination regulations

Exam element a)

Timing

January

Tests

Oral exam

EKA

N310004102

Assessment

Second examiner: Internal

Grading

7-point grading scale

Identification

Student Identification Card

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Examination aids

To be announced during the course

ECTS value

5

Indicative number of lessons

42 hours per semester

Teaching Method

At the faculty of science, teaching is organized after the three-phase model ie. intro, training and study phase.
In order to enable students to achieve the learning objectives for the course, the teaching is organised in such a way that there are 28 lectures, class lessons, etc. on a semester. These teaching activities are reflected in an estimated allocation of the workload of an average student as follows:

  • Intro phase (lectures, class lessons) - 28 hours
  • Training phase: 14 hours

Activities during the study phase:

  • preparation of exercises in study groups
  • preparation of projects
  • contributing to online learning activities related to the course

Teacher responsible

Name E-mail Department
Ralf Zimmermann zimmermann@imada.sdu.dk Computational Science

Timetable

Administrative Unit

Institut for Matematik og Datalogi (matematik)

Team at Educational Law & Registration

NAT

Offered in

Odense

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