Syllabus

MA 527 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists I

Fall 2019
Instructor: E. Birgit Kaufmann
Office: Math 748
Telephone: (765) 494-3173
E-Mail: ebkaufma@math.purdue.edu

Office Hours: MW 1.30-2.20 p.m. or by appointment

Lectures: MWF 10.30-11.20 a.m., WANG 2599 and on streaming video

Course Text: Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig (10th edition), published by John
Wiley, 2011, available in three forms:
Wiley E-Text, ISBN: 9780470913611
Loose-leaf, ISBN: 9780470917671
Hardcover, ISBN: 9780470458365
Note that we will use the 10th edition. If you have any other edition (including 'International 10th
edition') you need to be sure that the homework problems you do are the ones from the US 10th
edition.

Course Websites:
1.) Purdue West Lafayette Campus Blackboard website: https://mycourses.purdue.edu/.
Lecture Videos will be available under the tab “Lecture Videos” on the left hand side, about two
hours after the lecture took place. Download of the video will be available the next day. You have to log in
initially from a computer or a mobile device on the West Lafayette campus. The process checks for a
Purdue IP address before granting access. Once you have downloaded the session to your device, you
can view it from anywhere.
EPE students will use a different access code provided by Purdue Online to see and downlaod the
videos.

All grades (Homework, Midterms and Finals), copies of lecture notes, solutions to selected homework
problems, assignment dates and practice exams will be posted on Blackboard as well.

2.) http://www.math.purdue.edu/~ebkaufma/MA527_Fall2019.html
This website contains practical information as well as a schedule of lectures and assignments with due
dates.

3.) Piazza.com
There will be a discussion/online homework help forum here. The details will be given later.

Homework:
Homework will have to be uploaded to Blackboard weekly on Wednesdays. Details on how to submit pdf
files will be given. There are assignments for each lesson. All of them are listed on the back of this
syllabus. Not all the problems will be graded, but only a random sample chosen by the instructor.
The lowest two homework scores will be dropped, but in return, late homework will not be accepted.
The first homework set will be due Wed, Aug 28 at 11:59 p.m.
Midterms:
There will be two evening Midterms. They will be given as common exams for the WNG and ONC
sections. All EPE students take the exams with their respective proctors. The dates are:
Mon, Sep 23, 2019 8:00-9:00 p.m. PHYS 114
Mon, Nov 4, 2019 6:30-7:30 p.m. PHYS 114

Final Exam:
There will be a comprehensive final exam during finals week. The final exam will be multiple choice.

No calculators or any electronic devices may be used on Midterms or in the Final.

Grading Policy:
The final course grade will be determined according to the following rules:
Midterm I 100 points Homework 100 points
Midterm II 100 points Final Exam 150 points

Important Comments: Class attendance is expected. Reading the sections in the textbook ahead of time is
strongly recommended.

Academic Adjustments for Students with Disabilities:

In this mathematics course accommodations are managed between the instructor, the student and the DRC
Testing Center. Students should see the instructor outside class hours -- before or after class, or during
office hours -- to share your Accommodation Memorandum for the current semester and discuss your
accommodations as soon as possible.

Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is one of the highest values that Purdue University holds. Individuals are encouraged to
alert university officials to potential breaches of this value by either emailing integrity@purdue.eduor by
calling 765-494-8778. While information may be submitted anonymously, the more information that is
submitted provides the greatest opportunity for the university to investigate the concern.
Incidents of academic misconduct in this course will be addressed by the course instructor and referred to
the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (OSRR) for review at the university level. Any violation
of course policies as it relates to academic integrity will result minimally in a failing or zero grade for that
particular assignment, and at the instructor’s discretion may result in a failing grade for the course. In
addition, all incidents of academic misconduct will be forwarded to OSRR, where university penalties,
including removal from the university, may be considered.
Tentative Schedule: (page numbers from: Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Kreysig 10th ed.)

Lesson Section Homework Assignment

Chapter 7: Linear systems

1 7.1,7.2 p.261: 9,12,13; p.271: 12,14,17,29;
2 7.3 p.280: 3,9,18;
3 7.4 p.287: 2,9,12,14,15,17,32,34.
4 7.5,7.6 p 287: 1, 5, 7.
5 7.7,7.8 p 300: 7,12,22; p 308: 2,5,20
6 7.9 p 318: 3,4,6,9,12,22
Chapter 8: Eigenvalue problems
7 8.1 p 329: 4,11,12,24
8 8.3,8.5 p 338: 3,6,8; p 351: 1,2,5,13
9 8.4 p 345: 1,9,10,24,25
Chapter 4: Systems of ODEs
10 4.1,4.2 p 136: 5,7,12
11 4.3 p 147: 3,13,18
12 4.4 p 151: 3,5,7,11
13 4.5 p 159: 4,7,11
14 4.6 p 163: 3,11
15 Review
16 Midterm 1 - Chs 7, 8, 4
Chapter 6: Laplace Transforms
17 6.1 p 210: 1,2,5,13,14,23,30,32
18 6.2 p 216: 4,5,17,19,26
19 6.3 p 223: 6,10,13,16,25,39
20 6.4 p 230: 3,10,14ab
21 6.5 p 237: 7,8,23
22 6.6 p 241: 3,8,10,16
23 6.7, 12.12 p 246: 3,12; p.602: 5
Chapter 11: Fourier series, integrals and transforms
24 11.1 p 482: 12,14,18
25 11.2 p 490: 11,20,24,29
26 11.3, 11.4 p 494: 2,6; p 498: 8,11,12
27 11.5 p 503: 5,7,13
28 11.6 p 509: 1,3,5
29 11.7 p 517: 1,11,18
30 11.8 p 522: 1,2,3,5
31 11.9 p 532: 3,4,7
32 Review
33 Midterm 2 - Chs 6, 11
Chapter 12: Partial differential equations
34 12.1,12.2 p 542: 2,8,10,19
35 12.3 p 551: 11, 15, 16
36 12.4 p 556: 8, 19
37 12.5, 12.6 p 566: 7,10,11
38 12.6,12.10 p 567: 18,21; p 591: 4abc
39 12.7 p 574: 2,3,4,5
40 12.8,12.9 p 584: 4,5,7,18
41 Review
42 Review