COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECTRAL THEORY OF LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEDEF KARAKILIÇ

Offered to

Mathematics (English)
Mathematics (English)

Course Objective

It aims to study the spectral theory of ordinary linear differential operators.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define the Linear Differential Operator.
2   will be able to understand the principle properties of the Linear Differential Operator.
3   will be able to construct Green's function.
4   will be able to understand the asymptotic expansion of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions.
5   will be able to understand Spectral expansion of a differential operator.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Review of basic concepts
2 Linear differential expressions Homogeneous Boundary Value Problem
3 Lagrange `s Formula
4 The Adjoint Differential Expression
5 The Adjoint Boundary Value Problem
6 Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of differential operators
7 Green's Function for a linear differential operator.
8 Asymptotic behaviour of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions.
9 Analytic nature of Green's Function
10 Regular Boundary Value Problems
11 Spectral expansion of a differential operator with regular boundary conditions
12 Operators generated by self-adjoint differential expressions in singular case
13 Selfadjoint extension of the symmetric differential operators
14 On the inverse spectral problems of ordinary differential operators

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Linear Differential Operators, M. A. Naimark
Supplementary Book(s): Spectral Theory and Differential Operators, Davies, E.B. Cambridge University Press, 1995
References:
Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture notes
Presentation
Problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

%30(mte)+%20(asg)+%50(final)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

You can be successful in this course by studying from your textbooks and lecture
notes on the topics to be covered every week, coming to class by solving the given
problems, establishing the concepts by discussing the parts you do not understand
with your questions, learning the methods, and actively participating in the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sedef.erim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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