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MATH 213APartial Differential Equations I

5 creditsGraduateStudent Option

First of the two PDE courses covering basically Part I in Evans' book; <I>Partial Differential Equations;</I> which includes transport equations; Laplace equations; heat equations; wave equations; characteristics of nonlinear first-order PDE; Hamilton-Jacobi equations; conservation laws; some methods for solving equations in closed form; and the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem.

Prerequisites

MATH 106 and MATH 107 are recommended as preparation. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

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When it runs

Winter 2027Open Winter 2027

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed 1:30pm–3:05pm
TBAStaffOpen 0/20

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed 9:50am–11:25am
McHenry Clrm 1270H. QuanOpen 4/20

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Hadrian Quan2.9 / 52.9 / 547%14

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