Lynn S. Bennethum
Office: CU 638, Phone (303) 556-4810
Office hours: Mon. and Wed. 5:30-6:30pm in CU 638, or by appointment.
e-mail: bennethm@math.cudenver.edu
home page: http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~bennethm
fax: (303) 556-8550
home phone: 683-6983 (Please call after 9am and before 9:30pm - I generally work at home on Fridays).

Textbooks: The Mathematical Theory of Finite Element Methods, Brenner and Scott, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994.
 

Prerequisite:  Formally, Advanced Calc II (Math 4320), however elements of Real Analysis (MA 6131),  and Functional Analysis (7132), are used, and computational experience with the finite element method (MA 5663) is useful.  The more of these courses you have taken the easier this material will be.

Grading:  The grade will be determined solely from homework and in-class participation.  Homework problems will be assigned weekly.  The material in this course is research level, so it is assumed you will learn the material to the depth required for your research.

Topics: From Brenner and Scott we will work through Chapters 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and then 8, 9, and 12 as time allows.  This course will be run very informally.

Important Dates:
Sept. 6: Labor Day. No classes.
Sept. 8: To add courses after this date, students need instructor's and dean's signature. Last day to drop a course with tuition adjustment. After this date, dropping a course requires instructors signature.
Nov. 1: After this date, no WITHDRAWLS unless very special circumstances are involved. Student needs instructor's signature, then needs to petition the dean of his/her college.
Nov. 25 - Nov. 26 : Thanksgiving break. No classes.
Dec. 13-18:  Finals week - we will hold class.