MATH 2030
ITERATIVE METHODS
3 units
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TOPICS INCLUDE MATRIX THEORY, MATRIX AND VECTOR NORMS, ERROR ANALYSIS, FACTORIZATIONS, DIRECT AND ITERATIVE METHODS
FOR SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEMS, LEAST SQUARES AND THE ALGEBRAIC EIGENVALUE PROBLEM.
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MATH 2050
GRAPH THEORY
3 units
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BASIC CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS FROM THE THEORY ARE STUDIED. IN PARTICULAR, ENUMERATIVE PROBLEMS ARE SELECTED
BY THE INSTRUCTOR.
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MATH 2060
COMBINATORICS
3 units
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COURSE SURVEYS BASIC USES OF COMBINATORICS INCLUDING PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS. FURTHER TOPICS INCLUDE POLYA'S
THEOREM AND OTHER ENUMERATIVE PROBLEMS AND CONSTRUCTIVE PROBLEMS SELECTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR.
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MATH 2070
NUMERCL METH IN SCI COMPUTNG 1
4 units
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THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY COURSE FOR NON-NUMERICAL ANALYSIS STUDENTS. IT COVERS THE UNDERLYING THEORY AND
COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS OF NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA. TOPICS INCLUDE DIRECTIONAL ITERATIVE METHODS, COMPUTATION
OF EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS AND LEAST SQUARES PROBLEMS.
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MATH 2071
NUMERCL METH IN SCI COMPUTNG 2
4 units
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THIS COURSE IS A CONTINUATION OF 2070. TOPICS INCLUDE NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF PDE'S BY FINITE DIFFERENCES
AND FINITE ELEMENT METHODS. ALSO NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION ARE COVERED.
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MATH 2090
NUMERICAL SOLUTN ORDNRY DE
3 units
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THE TOPIC COVERED IS MODERN METHODS FOR SOLVING INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE BASIC THEORY
AND SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS.
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MATH 2219
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3 units
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THIS COURSE WILL INTRODUCE THE STUDENT TO NEW CONCEPTS FROM DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS. INVARIANT MANIFOLDS, NORMAL
FORM; BIFURCATIONS AND CHAOS WILL BE DISCUSSED FROM THE GEOMETRIC POINT OF VIEW. SOME GLOBAL ANALYSIS WILL
ALSO BE DESCRIBED. NUMERICAL TOOLS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING LOCAL BIFURCATIONS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED.
EMPHASIS WILL BE ON PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THESE TECHNIQUES.
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MATH 2301
ANALYSIS 1
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS/MEASURE THEORY AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS.
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MATH 2302
ANALYSIS 2
3 units
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THIS COURSE PRESENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF HOLOMORPHIC FUNCTIONS FOLLOWED BY AN INTRODUCTION TO
HARMONIC ANALYSIS. IT IS A NATURAL CONTINUATION OF MATH 2301 ANALYSIS 1.
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MATH 2303
ANALYSIS 3
3 units
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THIS COURSE PRESENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF HOLOMORPHIC FUNCTIONS FOLLOWED BY AN INTRODUCTION TO
HARMONIC ANALYSIS. IT IS A NATURAL CONTINUATION OF MATH 2301 ANALYSIS 1.
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MATH 2304
ANALYSIS 4
3 units
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ANALYSIS 4 IS A NEW COURSE THAT FOLLOWS ON FROM THE ANALYSIS 1, 2, 3; ESPECIALLY ANALYSIS 2. ITS FOCUS WILL BE
COMPLEX AND HARMONIC ANALYSIS. WE WILL INTEGRATE THIS NEW MATERIAL WITH THE REAL, FUNCTIONAL, COMPLEX AND
HARMONIC ANALYSIS OF THE PREVIOUS THREE COURSES.
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MATH 2500
ALGEBRA 1
3 units
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THE BASIC CONCEPTS AND RESULTS OF GROUP THEORY ARE DEVELOPED WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FINITE GROUPS. TOPICS INCLUDE:
HOMOMORPHISM THEOREMS, ISOMORPHISM THEOREMS, SYLOW THEOREMS, PERMUTATION REPRESENTATIONS AND HALL'S
CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLVABLE GROUPS.
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MATH 2501
ALGEBRA 2
3 units
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IN THIS COURSE THE FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF RINGS, FIELDS AND MODULES ARE STUDIED.
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MATH 2601
ADVANCD SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING 1
3 units
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THESE COURSES DEVELOP THE COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS OF EVOLVING AREAS OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.
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MATH 2602
ADVANCD SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING 2
3 units
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COURSE DEVELOPS THE COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS OF EVOLVING AREAS OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.
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MATH 2603
ADVANCD SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING 3
3 units
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THESE COURSES DEVELOP THE COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS OF EVOLVING AREAS OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.
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MATH 2604
ADVANCD SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING 4
3 units
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THESE COURSES DEVELOP THE COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS OF EVOLVING AREAS OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.
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MATH 2700
TOPOLOGY 1
3 units
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A FIRST COURSE IN TOPOLOGY, SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE SEPARATION AXIOMS, BASES AND SUB-BASES,
PRODUCT AND QUOTIENT TOPOLOGY, HOMEOMORPHISMS, COMPACTNESS, THE BAIRE CATEGORY THEOREM, THE LINDELOF PROPERTY,
CONNECTEDNESS, TOPOLOGICAL SPACES AND COMPACTIFICATION.
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MATH 2701
TOPOLOGY 2
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS A CONTINUATION OF 2700. IN THIS COURSE THE BASIC CONCEPTS AND RESULTS IN ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY
WILL BE COVERED, THIS INCLUDES BOTH HOMOTOPY AND HOMOLOGY THEORY. IN PARTICULAR THE CALCULATION OF THE
FUNDAMENTAL GROUP AND HOMOLOGY GROUPS FROM CHAIN COMPLEXES WILL BE COVERED.
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MATH 2800
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY 1
3 units
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THIS COURSE COVERS INTRODUCTORY TOPICS IN DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY. TOPICS INCLUDE TOPOLOGICAL MANIFOLDS,
DIFFERENTIAL STRUCTURES, TANGENT AND TENSOR BUNDLES, VECTOR FIELDS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, INTEGRAL
MANIFOLDS AND RIEMANNIAN STRUCTURES.
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MATH 2801
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY 2
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS A CONTINUATION OF 2800 AND ITS GOAL IS TO DEVELOP ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN DIFFERENTIAL
GEOMETRY. SOME TOPICS WHICH MIGHT BE COVERED INCLUDE RIEMANN SURFACES AND THE DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY OF R4
AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELEVANCE OF THESE TO QUANTUM SUPERSTRING THEORY.
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MATH 2810
ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BASIC IDEAS OF ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY. THE APPROACH TO THE SUBJECT
MAY BE VIA EITHER THE LINEAR SERIES ON A CURVE APPROACH OR THE ALGEBRAIC APPROACH THROUGH FIELDS OF
ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS OR THE SHEAF THEORETIC APPROACH. APPLICATIONS MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED.
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MATH 2900
PARTIAL DIFFERNTL EQUATIONS 1
3 units
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THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION COURSE TO THIS AREA. SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE: LINEAR SECOND
ORDER EQUATIONS, THE METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS, LAPLACE AND WAVE EQUATIONS, THE HEAT EQUATION AND VARIOUS
MAXIMUM PRINCIPLES.
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MATH 2901
PARTIAL DIFFERNTL EQUATIONS 2
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS A CONTINUATION OF 2900. THE TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION TO
PARABOLIC AND HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS, A PRIORI ESTIMATES, FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS, SHOCK WAVES AND RIEMANN
PROBLEMS.
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MATH 2920
ORDINARY DIFFERNTL EQUATNS 1
3 units
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THIS COURSE COVERS BASIC CONCEPTS IN O.D.E.'S. IN PARTICULAR, EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO CONNECTIONS OF THIS
AREA TO APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
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MATH 2921
ORDINARY DIFFERNTL EQUATNS
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS A CONTINUATION OF 2920. SOME OF THE TOPICS WHICH ARE COVERED INCLUDE BOUNDARY VALUE
PROBLEMS, GREEN'S FUNCTIONS, INTEGRAL EQUATIONS AND THE SPECTRAL THEORY OF SECOND ORDER DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS.
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MATH 2930
ASYMPTOTICS & SPECIAL FUNCTNS
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF ASYMPTOTICS AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS. SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS
STUDIED ARE THE GAMMA FUNCTION, ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS AND BESSEL FUNCTIONS. THIS COURSE ALSO COVERS
TECHNIQUES FOR FINDING ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSIONS OF INTEGRALS AND OF SOLUTIONS TO DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.
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MATH 2950
METHODS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS A RIGOROUS TREATMENT OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA, SPECIAL FEATURES OF
SYMMETRIC OPERATORS, OPTIMIZATION WITH EMPHASIS ON PROPERTIES OF CONVEX FUNCTIONS AND DUALITY THEORY.
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MATH 3020
CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS
3 units
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THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT. TOPICS INCLUDE: VARIATIONAL FORMULATION,
THE EULER-LAGRANGE EQUATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS.
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MATH 3071
NUMRC SOLUTN PARTL DIFFT EQUA
3 units
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THIS COURSE COVERS CONTEMPORARY METHODS FOR SOLVING INITIAL AND BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS. TOPICS INCLUDE:
PROPERLY POSED PROBLEMS, CHARACTERISTICS, FINITE DIFFERENCE AND FINITE ELEMENT METHODS AND ERROR ESTIMATES.
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MATH 3072
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
3 units
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TOPICS INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD IN ONE, TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS, VARIATIONAL AND MINIMUM ENERGY
PRINCIPLES, IMPLEMENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE NECESSARY DATA STRUCTURE AND EVALUATION OF THE ERRORS.
POSSIBLY A SPECIAL TOPIC SUCH AS APPLICATIONS TO FLUID DYNAMICS WILL BE DONE.
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MATH 3225
MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE 1
3 units
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A MATHEMATICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PRICING OF OPTIONS AND OTHER DERIVATIVE SECURITIES, PORTFOLIO THEORY AND
RISK MANAGEMENT.
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MATH 3226
MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE 2
3 units
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THIS COURSE WILL INVESTIGATE THE MATHEMATICAL MODELING, THEORY AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN MODERN FINANCE.
IT WILL TREAT MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR FINANCIAL RISK FACTORS, PRICING OF OPTIONS AND OTHER DERIVATIVE
SECURITIES, BASIC PORTFOLIO THEORY AND ELEMENTARY RISK MANAGEMENT.
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MATH 3227
MATH FINANCE 3
3 units
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THIS COURSE COVERS SPECIAL TOPICS IN MATHEMATICAL FINANCE. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: EXTENSIONS OF THE
BLACK-SCHOLES MODEL TO ALTERNATIVE STOCHASTIC PROCESSES, RISK MANAGEMENT, MODELS FOR CREDIT RISK AND CREDIT
DERIVATIVES, AMERICAN OPTIONS, PORTFOLIO SELECTION AND DERIVATIVES PRICING UNDER TRANSACTIONS COSTS.
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MATH 3228
MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE 4
3 units
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THIS COURSE COVERS ADVANCED TOPICS IN MODERN MATHEMATICAL FINANCE. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: ADVANCED CREDIT
RISK AND INTEREST RATE MODELS, STOCHASTIC CONTROL AND STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION MODELS FOR PORTFOLIO SELECTION
AND OPTION PRICING, AND NUMERICAL METHODS.
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MATH 3370
MATHEMATICAL NEUROSCIENCE
3 units
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COURSE COVERS COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL NEUROSCIENCE. IT WILL DO MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX
DYNAMICS OF SINGLE NEURONS AND LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS.
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MATH 3375
CMPTL NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
3 units
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HIS COURSE OFFERS AN INTRODUCTION TO MODELING METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE. TOPICS RANGE FROM MODELING THE
FIRING PATTERNS OF SINGLE NEURONS TO USING COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO UNDERSTAND NEURAL CODING. SOME
SYSTEMS LEVEL MODELING IS ALSO DONE
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MATH 3380
MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
3 units
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THIS COURSE INTRODUCES A NUMBER OF MODELING METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. WE WILL EXAMINE A NUMBER
OF PROBLEMS FROM CELL BIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, POPULATION BIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS. THE
MAIN TOOLS WILL BE TECHNIQUES FROM ORDINARY AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. DISCRETE AND
DELAY-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WILL ALSO BE USED. HOWEVER THE BACKGROUND FOR THESE WILL NOT BE ASSUMED.
WE WILL TAKE MODELS FROM CURRENT AND CLASSIC PAPERS IN THE FIELD.
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