This document outlines the schedule and topics for the Analytical Methods for Chemical Engineers course offered in the summer of 2020. The course covers topics such as ordinary differential equations, vectors and matrices, linear algebra, and partial differential equations. It is divided into 19 lectures over 4 weeks, with two exams. Lectures cover various types of first and second-order differential equations, their origins and solutions, as well as linear algebra concepts like vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors and their applications to solving differential equations. The course concludes with an introduction to partial differential equations.
This document outlines the schedule and topics for the Analytical Methods for Chemical Engineers course offered in the summer of 2020. The course covers topics such as ordinary differential equations, vectors and matrices, linear algebra, and partial differential equations. It is divided into 19 lectures over 4 weeks, with two exams. Lectures cover various types of first and second-order differential equations, their origins and solutions, as well as linear algebra concepts like vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors and their applications to solving differential equations. The course concludes with an introduction to partial differential equations.
This document outlines the schedule and topics for the Analytical Methods for Chemical Engineers course offered in the summer of 2020. The course covers topics such as ordinary differential equations, vectors and matrices, linear algebra, and partial differential equations. It is divided into 19 lectures over 4 weeks, with two exams. Lectures cover various types of first and second-order differential equations, their origins and solutions, as well as linear algebra concepts like vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors and their applications to solving differential equations. The course concludes with an introduction to partial differential equations.
This document outlines the schedule and topics for the Analytical Methods for Chemical Engineers course offered in the summer of 2020. The course covers topics such as ordinary differential equations, vectors and matrices, linear algebra, and partial differential equations. It is divided into 19 lectures over 4 weeks, with two exams. Lectures cover various types of first and second-order differential equations, their origins and solutions, as well as linear algebra concepts like vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors and their applications to solving differential equations. The course concludes with an introduction to partial differential equations.
Lect. 2 Form of solutions of differential equations. Origins of differential equations Lect. 3 1st-order linear ODE with constant coefficients. Applications Lect. 4 1st-order linear ODE with variable coefficients. Applications Lect. 5 Some nonlinear 1st-order ODE of interest. Existence and uniqueness theory for 1st-order ODE Lect. 6 2nd-order linear ODE: Origins, classification, solution, and interpretation Lect. 7 2nd-order linear ODE with constant coefficients: Initial and two-point boundary-value problems. Applications Lect. 8 2nd-order ODE important in transport phenomena. Applications Lect. 9 2nd-order linear ODE with variable coefficients: Origins, classification, solution, and interpretation. Bessel & Legendre Lect. 10 Higher-order ODE. Euler-Cauchy ODE. Analytical vs. numerical solution of ODE Lect. 11 Vectors and matrices, fundamental properties and manipulations, Gauss elimination Lect. 12 Matrix inverse Lect. 13 Vector spaces and some of their applications. Matrix rank Lect. 14 Linear independence, basis, orthogonality in vector spaces. Fourier series and applications to ODE and PDE Lect. 15 Applications. Effect of problem precision on accuracy of solution Lect. 16 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of square matrices. Matrix diagonalization Lect. 17 Decoupling of ODE using matrix diagonalization Lect. 18 Partial differential equations: Origins, classification, solution, and interpretation Lect. 19 Linear PDE solution via separation of variables. Analytical vs. numerical solution of PDE