Course Detail


MATH241


Advanced Calculus

3 Credit Hour Course

Intended For Level 2 Term 1 Students

Prerequisite:

Vector Calculus: Vector and scalar fields; Differentiation and integration of vectors; Gradient of a scalar field: directional derivative; Divergence and curl of a vector field; Vector calculus identities: Jacobian, Hessian, Laplacian; Line integrals.
Complex Calculus: Functions of a complex variable; Limits and continuity of functions of complex variables; Complex differentiation: analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations; Elementary complex functions: exponential, trigonometric, hyperbolic; Line integral of a complex function.
Partial Differential Equations (PDE): Introduction and formation of PDE; Solution of linear and non-linear PDE of order one; Second order linear PDE: classifications to standard forms; Parabolic, elliptic, hyperbolic; Solution of second order linear PDE by separation of variables.