Siddhartha Mishra: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016

Name Prof. Dr. Siddhartha Mishra
FieldApplied Mathematics
Address
Seminar für Angewandte Mathematik
ETH Zürich, HG G 57.2
Rämistrasse 101
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 75 63
E-mailsiddhartha.mishra@sam.math.ethz.ch
URLhttps://people.math.ethz.ch/~smishra
DepartmentMathematics
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
401-0435-00LComputational Methods for Engineering Applications II Information 4 credits2V + 2US. Mishra
AbstractThe course gives an introduction to the numerical methods for the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations that play a central role in engineering applications. Both basic theoretical concepts and implementation techniques necessary to understand and master the methods will be addressed.
ObjectiveAt the end of the course the students should be able to:

- implement numerical methods for the solution of ODEs (= ordinary differential equations);
- identify features of a PDE (= partial differential equation) based model that are relevant for the selection and performance of a numerical algorithm;
- implement the finite difference, finite element and finite volume method for the solution of simple PDEs using C++;
- read engineering research papers on numerical methods for ODEs or PDEs.
ContentInitial value problems for ODE: review of basic theory for ODEs, Forward and Backward Euler methods, Taylor series methods, Runge-Kutta methods, basic stability and consistency analysis, numerical solution of stiff ODEs.

Two-point boundary value problems: Green's function representation of solutions, Maximum principle, finite difference schemes, stability analysis.

Elliptic equations: Laplace's equation in one and two space dimensions, finite element methods, implementation of finite elements, error analysis.

Parabolic equations: Heat equation, Fourier series representation, maximum principles, Finite difference schemes, Forward (backward) Euler, Crank-Nicolson method, stability analysis.

Hyperbolic equations: Linear advection equation, method of characteristics, upwind schemes and their stability. Burgers equation, scalar conservation laws, shocks and rarefactions, Riemann problems, Godunov type schemes, TVD property.
Lecture notesScript will be provided.
LiteratureChapters of the following book provide supplementary reading and are not meant as course material:

- A. Tveito and R. Winther, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations. A Computational Approach, Springer, 2005.
Prerequisites / Notice(Suggested) Prerequisites:
Analysis I-III (for D-MAVT), Linear Algebra, CMEA I, basic familiarity with programming in C++.
401-5000-00LZurich Colloquium in Mathematics Information 0 creditsW. Werner, P. L. Bühlmann, M. Burger, S. Mishra, R. Pandharipande, University lecturers
AbstractThe lectures try to give an overview of "what is going on" in important areas of contemporary mathematics, to a wider non-specialised audience of mathematicians.
Objective
401-5650-00LZurich Colloquium in Applied and Computational Mathematics Information 0 credits2KR. Abgrall, H. Ammari, R. Hiptmair, A. Jentzen, S. Mishra, S. Sauter, C. Schwab
AbstractResearch colloquium
Objective