MATH 8660-001 Mathematical Foundations of Finite Element Methods
Spring 2012
Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
University of Colorado Denver

PREREQUISITE:
MATH 6653 (or equivalent programming experience), and MATH 6131/7132, or with instructor's approval

HOURS, PLACE: TR 12:30-1:45 pm, CU 641.

INSTRUCTOR:
Prof. Andrew Knyazev
Office: CU 644. Phone: 303 556 8102.
Office hours: by appointment
WWW: http://www-math.ucdenver.edu/~aknyazev/

Theoretical foundations of finite element methods for elliptic boundary value problems, Sobolev spaces, interpolations of Sobolev spaces, variational formulation of elliptic boundary-value problems, basic error, estimates, applications to elasticity, practical aspects of finite element methods. Prereq: MATH 6653 (or equivalent programming experience), and MATH 6131/7132. 

TEXTBOOKS: Required:
Finite Elements: Theory, Fast Solvers, and Applications in Solid Mechanics
by Dietrich Braess
384 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 3 edition, 2007
ISBN-10: 0521705185 ISBN-13: 978-0521705189
E-book Buy ISBN-10: 0511276109 ISBN-13: 978-0511276101 Approx. $40

Suggested independent reading

cover Applied Functional Analysis
by J. Tinsley Oden and Leszek Demkowicz,
Hardcover:  596 pages Publisher: CRC, 2010
1420091956 978-1420091953
Approx. $100

Strongly Elliptic Systems and Boundary Integral Equations
by William McLean
Cambridge University Press, 2000 ISBN: 052166375X
cover Sobolev Spaces, Second Edition
by Robert A. Adams and John J. F. Fournier
Cambridge University Press, 2003
0120441438 978-0120441433
cover Integral, Measure, and Derivative
by Georgi. Shilov,  B. L. Gurevich , and Richard A. Silverman (Translator),
ISBN:  0486635198,  Publisher  Dover Publications.

CONTENTS:
The class will follow the outline below, touching on each major topic in a depth that will be determined by the pace of the class.

If time allows, eigenvalue problems will be also covered, using research publications.

GRADING will be based on research projects.


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