IN5270 – Numerical methods for partial differential equations

After completing this course:

• you´ll know some of the most common differential equations.
• you´ll have mastered the basic steps in constructing and applying the difference and element methods to simple representative examples of differential equations.
• you´ll have good knowledge of programming techniques for implementing difference and element methods in simple 1D cases and for the use of selected software in simple 2D and 3D cases.
• you´ll have basic knowledge of theoretical and empirical analysis of the difference and elemental methods for accuracy and stability.
• you´ll have good knowledge of verification and software testing of the difference and elemental methods.

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2 hours of lectures per week.

2 hours of group exercises per week. Combination of two types of group exercises:

• Non-compulsory exercises that is reviewed by group teachers
• Small mandatory calculation or programming exercises that the students must deliver in advance, which are reviewed by the students themselves in small groups under the supervision of a group teacher

The course has two major mandatory projects.

Each student must pass both major projects, plus at least 3 of the small compulsory exercises. (All compulsory projects and exercises must be passed in the same semester.)

Previously passed projects and exercises are valid for 2 years.

Oral or written exam depending on the number of students. Both major mandatory projects plus at least 3 of the small compulsory exercises must be approved before the exam. All compulsory projects and exercises must be approved in the same semester.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: INF5620 – Numerical methods for partial differential equations (continued), INF9620 – Numerical methods for partial differential equations (continued), IN9270 – Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (discontinued), IN-NMFPD