Dr. Danica Krstovska, Professor
Course content:
1. Variational problems and direct methods. Variational principles of physics.
2. Partial differential equations: Classification of second-order equations; Green's functions; Numerical methods.
3. Special functions and orthogonal polynomials: Euler integrals; Bessel functions; Legendre, Hermite and Laguerre polynomials.
4. Nonlinear differential equations and elements of stability theory.