CS 624 Syllabus (Spring 2004)

Jan 26 - Jan 30 Finite difference methods for IVP's
Feb 2 - Feb 6 Multistep methods, order and stability
Feb 9 - Feb 13 Stability regions & stiff problems
Feb 16 - Feb 20 Hamiltonian problems & dynamical systems
Feb 23 - Feb 27 Differential algebraic equations (prelim 1 this week)
Mar 1 - Mar 5 The diffusion equation & the wave equation
Mar 8 - Mar 12 Finite difference methods for PDE's
Mar 15 - Mar 19 Fourier analysis
Mar 22 - Mar 26 Spring break
Mar 29 - Apr 2 Von Neumann stability & CFL stability (prelim 2 this week)
Apr 5 - Apr 9 Hyperbolic conservation laws & shock waves
Apr 12 - Apr 16 L1 contraction and nonlinear stability
Apr 19 - Apr 23 Boundary value problems & the finite element method
Apr 26 - Apr 30 Isoparametric elements & mesh generation
May 3 - May 7 Multigrid
Stephen A. Vavasis, Computer Science Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, vavasis@cs.cornell.edu
handed out 1/26/04