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R. G. Douglas, K. Dykema, Y. Efendiev, T. Erdelyi, R. E. Ewing,
C. Foias, S. A. Fulling, S. C. Geller, R. Grigorchuk, R. A. Gustafson,
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601. Methods of Applied
Mathematics I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Methods of linear algebra, vector
analysis and complex variables. Prerequisite: MATH 308 or
equivalent.
602. Methods and Applications
of Partial Differential Equations. (3-0). Credit 3.
Classification
of linear partial differential equations of the second
order; Fourier series, orthogonal functions, applications
to partial differential equations; special functions, Sturm-Liouville
theory, application to boundary value problems' introduction
to Green's functions; finite Fourier transforms. Prerequisites:
MATH 601 or MATH 308 and 407.
603. Methods of Applied
Mathematics II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Tensor algebra and analysis;
partial differential equations and boundary value problems;
Laplace and Fourier transform methods for partial differential
equations. Prerequisite: MATH 601 or 311.
604. Mathematical Foundations
of Continuum Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3.
Mathematical description of
continuum mechanics principles, including: tensor analysis,
generalized description of kinematics and motion, conservation
laws for mass and momentum; invariance and symmetry principles;
application to generalized formulation of constitutive expressions
for various fluids and solids. Prerequisites: MATH 410; MATH
451 or equivalent. Cross-listed with MEMA 604.
605. Mathematical Fluid
Dynamics. (3-0). Credit 3.
Derivation of basic equations
of motion; Navier-Stokes equations; potential equations;
some exact solutions in two and three dimensions; equations
of boundary layer theory; vorticity-stream function formulation
and vortex dynamics; introduction to hydrodynamic stability;
introduction to equations of turbulence. Prerequisite: MATH
601 or equivalent.
606. Theory of Probability
I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Measure and integration, convergence
concepts, random variables, independence and conditional
expectation, laws of large numbers, central limit theorems,
applications. Prerequisite: MATH 607 or approval of instructor.
607. Real Variables I. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Lebesgue measure and integration
theory, differentiation, Lp-spaces, abstract integration,
signed measures; Radon-Nikodym theorem, Riesz representation
theorem, integration on product spaces. Prerequisite: MATH
447 or equivalent.
608. Real Variables II.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Banach spaces, theorems of Hahn-Banach
and Banach-Steinhaus, the closed graph and open mapping theorems,
Hilbert spaces, topological vector spaces and weak topologies.
Prerequisite: MATH 607.
609. Numerical Analysis.
(3-3). Credit 4.
Interpolation, numerical evaluation
of definite integrals and solution of ordinary differential
equations; stability and convergence of methods and error
estimates. Prerequisite: Knowledge of computer programming
(C or FORTRAN).
610. Numerical Methods in
Partial Differential Equations. (3-3). Credit 4.
Introduction to finite difference
and finite element methods for solving partial differential
equations; stability and convergence of methods and error
bounds. Prerequisite: MATH 417 or 609 or equivalent.
611. Ordinary Differential
Equations. (3-0). Credit 3.
General methods for first order
equations, singular solutions, applications, special methods,
linear equations of second order, method of successive approximations,
systems of ordinary equations. Prerequisite: MATH601 or equivalent.
612. Partial Differential
Equations. (3-0). Credit 3.
General solution of first order
equations, second order equations from physics and mechanics.
Prerequisite: MATH 611 or equivalent.
613. Graph Theory. (3-0).
Credit 3.
One or more broad areas of graph
theory or network theory, such as planarity, connectivity,
Hamiltonian graphs, colorings of graphs, automorphisms of
graphs, or network theory. Prerequisite: MATH 431 or equivalent
or approval of instructor.
614. Dynamical Systems and
Chaos. (3-0). Credit 3.
Discrete maps; continuous flows;
dynamical systems; Poincaré maps; symbolic dynamics;
chaos, strange attractors; fractals; computer simulation
of dynamical systems. Prerequisites: MATH 308; MATH 601 or
equivalent.
617. Theory of Functions
of a Complex Variable I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Holomorphic functions, complex
integral theorems, Runge's theorem, residue theorem, Laurent
series, conformal mapping, harmonic functions. Prerequisite:
MATH 410.
618. Theory of Functions
of a Complex Variable II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Infinite products, Weierstrass
factorization theorem, Mittag-Leffler's theorem, normal families,
Riemann mapping theorem, analytic continuation, Picard's
theorems and selected topics. Prerequisite: MATH 617.
619. Applied Probability.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Measure Theory; Lebesque integration;
random variables; expectation; condition expectation martingales
and random walks; designed for beginning graduate students
in mathematics, statistics, the sciences and engineering
and students in economics and finance with a strong mathematical
background. Prerequisites: MATH 409 and 411.
622. Differential Geometry
of Curves. (3-0). Credit 3.
Local and global theory of parameterized
curves; regular surfaces, local coordinates, first fundamental
form, orientation, area; Gauss map, second fundamental form;
topics chosen from special surfaces, intrinsic geometry of
surfaces, global differential geometry of curves and surfaces.
Prerequisites: MATH 311 or equivalent; approval of instructor.
623. Riemannian Geometry.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Smooth manifolds and mappings;
tensors; curvature equations, geodesics, completeness; special
manifolds and constructions. Prerequisites: MATH 311 or equivalent;
approval of instructor.
625. Applied Stochastic
Differential Equations. (3-0). Credit 3.
Stochastic integration, Ito
Calculus and applications of stochastic differential equations
to finance and engineering. Prerequisite: MATH 619.
627. Theory of Numbers.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Quadratic residues; the Legendre,
Jacobi and Kronecker symbols; quadratic reciprocity; residue
characters; character sums; sums of squares; diophantine
equations. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
628. Mathematics of Finance.
(3-0). Credit 3.
The pricing of financial derivatives
in different market models; discrete models Arrow-Debreu,
Binomial model, Hedging; Stochastic calculus; Brownian Motion,
stochastic integrals, Ito formula; continuous model, Black-Scholes
formula for pricing European and American options; equivalent
Martingale Measures, pricing or exotic options. Prerequisite:
MATH 606 or 619 or approval of instructor.
629. History of Mathematics.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Major events in the evolution
of mathematical thought from ancient times to the present,
the development of various important branches of mathematics,
including numeration, geometry, algebra, analysis, number
theory, probability, and applied mathematics. Prerequisite:
MATH 304 or equivalent.
630. Combinatorics. (3-0).
Credit 3.
This is an introduction at the
graduate level to the fundamental ideas and results of combinatorics,
including enumerative techniques, sieve methods, partially
ordered sets and generating functions. Prerequisite: undergraduate
discrete math course or permission of instructor.
636. Topology I. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Set theory, topological spaces,
generalized convergence, compactness, metrization, connectedness,
uniform spaces, function spaces. Prerequisite: Approval of
instructor.
637. Topology II. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Continuation of MATH 636. Prerequisite:
MATH 636 or approval of instructor.
639. Iterative Techniques.
(3-3). Credit 4.
Numerical methods for solving
linear and nonlinear equations and systems of equations;
eigenvalue problems. Prerequisites: Elementary linear algebra
and knowledge of computer programming (C or FORTRAN).
640. Linear Algebra for
Applications. (3-0). Credit 3.
Review of linear algebra; spectral
theory in inner product spaces; decomposition theorems; duality
theory and multilinear algebra; tensor products; applications.
May be taken concurrently with MATH 641. Prerequisite: MATH
304 or equivalent.
641. Analysis for Applications
I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Review of preliminary concepts;
sequence and function spaces; normed linear spaces, inner
product spaces; spectral theory for compact operators; fixed
point theorems; applications to integral equations and the
calculus of variations. Prerequisites: MATH 447 and 640 or
approval of instructor.
642. Analysis for Applications
II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Distributions and differential
operators; transform theory; spectral theory for unbounded
self-adjoint operators; applications to partial differential
equations; asymptotics and perturbation theory. Prerequisite:
MATH 641.
643. Algebraic Topology
I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Fundamental ideas of algebraic
topology, homotopy and fundamental group, covering spaces,
polyhedra. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
644. Algebraic Topology
II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Homology and cohomology theory.
Prerequisite: MATH 643.
645. A Survey of Mathematical
Problems I. (3-0). Credit 3.
A survey of problems in various
branches of mathematics, such as logic, probability, graph
theory, number theory, algebra and geometry. Prerequisites:
MATH 409, 415, 423 or approval of instructor.
646. A Survey of Mathematical
Problems II. (3-0). Credit 3.
A survey of problems in various
branches of mathematics such as algebra, geometry, differential
equations, real analysis, complex analysis, calculus of variations.
Prerequisite: MATH 645 or approval of instructor.
647. Mathematical Modelling.
(3-0). Credit 3.
The process and techniques of
mathematical modelling; covers a variety of applications
areas and models such as ordinary and partical differential
equations, stochastic models, discrete models and problems
involving optimization. Prerequisite: MATH 442 or approval
of instructor.
650. Several Complex Variables.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Introduction to function theory
in several complex variables with an emphasis on the analytic
and partial differential equations aspects of the subject.
Prerequisites: MATH 608 and 618 or equivalents.
651. Optimization I. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Fundamentals of mathematical
analysis underlying theory of constrained optimizations for
a finite number of variables, necessary and sufficient conditions
for constrained extrema of equality constraint problems,
sufficient conditions for fulfillment of constraint qualification,
computational methods for concave programming problems and
applications. Prerequisite: MATH 410 or approval of instructor.
652. Optimization II. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Necessary conditions of calculus
of variations, elementary theory of games, formulation of
basic control problem, Hestenes' necessary conditions for
optimal control, transformations, methods of computation
and applications. Prerequisite: MATH651.
653. Algebra I. (3-0). Credit
3.
Survey
of groups, rings, ideals. Prerequisite: MATH 415 or approval
of instructor.
654. Algebra II. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Survey of modules, field extensions,
Galois theory. Prerequisite: MATH 653 or approval of instructor.
655. Functional Analysis
I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Normed linear spaces, duality
theory, reflexivity, operator theory. Banach algebras, spectral
theory, representation theory. Prerequisite: MATH608.
656. Functional Analysis
II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Topological linear spaces, locally
convex spaces, duality in locally convex spaces, ordered
topological vector spaces, distribution theory, applications
to analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 655.
657. Spline Analysis and
Applications. (3-0). Credit 3.
Review of fundamental concepts
of approximation, polynomials and other tools; basic univariate
spline theory including bases, computational algorithms and
approximation power; Bezier curves; applications to interpolation,
discrete approximation, data fitting; computer-aided geometric
design (CAGD), nonlinear rational B-splines (NURBS). Prerequisite:
MATH 304 or equivalent.
658. Applied Harmonic Analysis.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Fourier series and Fourier Transform;
discrete (fast) Fourier transform; discrete cosine transform;
local cosine transform; Radon transform; filters; harmonic
analysis on the sphere; radial, periodic and spherical basis
functions; applications. Prerequisite: MATH 304; MATH 308
or equivalent.
660. Computational Linear
Algebra. (3-0). Credit 3.
Techniques in matrix computation:
elimination methods, matrix decomposition, generalized inverses,
orthogonalization and least-squares, eigenvalue problems
and singular value decomposition, iterative methods and error
analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 417 or equivalent or CPSC 442
or equivalent. Cross-listed with CPSC 660.
661. Mathematical Theory
of Finite Element Methods. (3-0). Credit 3.
Will develop basic mathematical
theory of finite element method; construction of finite element
spaces and piece-wise polynomial approximation; Ritz-Galerkin
methods and variational crimes; energy and maximum norm estimates;
mixed finite element method; applications to diffusion-reaction
problems.
662. Seminar in Algebra.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Problems, methods and recent
developments in algebra. This course may be taken five times
for credit as content varies. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
663. Seminar in Analysis.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Problems, methods and recent
developments in analysis. May be taken five times for credit
as content varies. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
664. Seminar in Applied
Mathematics. (3-0). Credit 3.
Problems, methods and recent
developments in applied mathematics. This course may be taken
five times for credit as content varies. Prerequisite: Approval
of instructor.
666. Seminar in Geometry.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Problems, methods and recent
developments in geometry. This course may be taken five times
for credit as content varies. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
667. Foundations and Methods
of Approximation. (3-0). Credit 3.
Existence, uniqueness and characterization
of best approximations; polynomial and rational approximants;
Bernstein polynomials; Bernstein and Markov inequalities;
ridge functions; approximation from shift-invariant subspaces;
orthogonal polynomials; neural networks, radial basis functions,
scattered-data surface fitting; subdivision analysis. Prerequisites:
MATH 407 and 409.
668. Wavelet Analysis. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Time-frequency analysis, integral
wavelet transform, multiresolutional analysis, dyadic wavelets
and inversions, frames, classification of wavelets, dual
basis and a duality principle, wavelet decompositions and
reconstructions, spline-wavelets, zero-crossings of spline-wavelet
series, wavelet packets, multivariate wavelets. Prerequisites:
MATH 304, 409, 417 or equivalents.
669. Seminar in Mathematical
Biology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Problems, methods and recent
developments in Mathematical Biology. Prerequisite: Approval
of instructor.
670. Applied Mathematics
I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Mathematical tools of applied
mathematics; Fredholm alternative; integral operators; Green's
functions; unbounded operators; Stone's theorem; distributions;
convolutions; Fourier transforms; applications. Prerequisite:
MATH642 or equivalent.
671. Applied Mathematics
II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Mathematical tools of applied
mathematics; Sobolev spaces; convexity; variational inequalities;
variational methods for partial differential equations; maximum
principles; elements of nonlinear analysis; compact operators;
fixed point theorems; applications. Prerequisite: MATH 670
or equivalent.
672. Hydrodynamic Stability.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Instability mechanisms; instability
of interfacial and free surface flows; thermal instability,
centrifugal instability, instability of inviscid and viscous
parallel shear flows; fundamental concepts and applications
of nonlinear instability; the onset of turbulence; various
transitions to turbulence. Prerequisites: MATH 601 or equivalent;
MATH 605 or equivalent.
673. Information, Secrecy
and Authentication I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Preliminaries; probability,
information, entropy, signals, channels: group-theoretic
view of messages: contemporary secrecy and digital signature
systems; one-time pads, DES, RSA, DSS, wheels, LFSR-based
systems; analog scramblers; key exchange, key management,
secret sharing, access structures; measures of security.
Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of instructor.
Cross-listed with CPSC 673.
674. Information, Secrecy
and Authentication II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Classical and recent attacks:
login, compression, error control and genetic codes; finite
and infinite codes; matrices, graphs, duals, groups, morphisms,
composites, products, rates and classification of codes;
the confusion/diffusion/arithmetic/calculus extension of
Shannon's two design primitives. Prerequisites: MATH 673;
graduate classification or approval of instructor. Cross-listed
with CPSC 674.
684. Professional Internship.
Credit 1 to 6.
Directed internship in an organization
to provide students with professional experience in organization
settings appropriate to the student's career objectives.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
685. Directed Studies. Credit
1 to 6 each semester.
Offered to enable students to
undertake and complete, with credit, limited investigations
not within their thesis research and not covered by any other
courses in the curriculum. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
689. Special Topics in...
Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified
area of mathematics. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite:
Approval of instructor.
691. Research. Credit 1
or more each semester.
Research for thesis or dissertation.
694. Mathematical Laboratory.
(0-2). Credit 1.
Generic computing or problem-solving
laboratory. May be taken multiple times for credit. Taken
concurrently with a lecture course for which it will serve
as the laboratory section. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
695. Frontiers in Mathematical
Research. (3-0). Credit 3.
This course is designed to acquaint
the graduate student with the present status of investigative
work in a variety of mathematical fields. Content will depend
on the availability of visiting lecturers who will be selected
because of distinguished international recognition in their
fields of research. May be taken two times for credit. Prerequisite:
Graduate classification.
696. Mathematical Communication
and Technology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Techniques of oral, written
and electronic communication of mathematics; effective classroom
and seminar presentation; TEX, AMS-TEX, and LATEX, hypertext;
Internet application; Maple and Mathematica; classroom use
of computer graphics. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.