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Differential Equations

Code 14787
Year 3
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Mathematics
Entry requirements NA
Learning outcomes (i) To understand concepts and fundamental results from the theory of ordinary and partial differential equations;
(ii) To use results from ordinary differential equations theory to analyse equations or systems of ordinary differential equations;
(iii) To understand and to use some results from partial differential equations theory, with incidence in the wave, heat and Laplace equations;
(iv) To analyse and understand mathematical proofs;
(v) To communicate using mathematical language, written and orally.
Syllabus Introduction - Examples and classification of DE.
ODE - Solution of a DE; IVP and BVP; Existence and uniqueness of the solution.
Scalar ODEs - Separable and homogeneous equations; Linear and Bernoulli equations; Exact and reducible to exact equations; Linear equations of order higher than 1; Method of undetermined coefficients; Method of variation of parameters.
Systems of linear ODEs - The solution space of linear systems; Matrix exponentials and Jordan canonical form; Solving systems of linear equations.
Notions of stability for autonomous equations - Orbit, phase portrait, and tangent field; Stability of equilibrium points; Flow and local behavior.
PDE - Definitions and classification; Boundary value problems; Second-order equations.
Separation of variables and Fourier method - Fourier series; Separation of variables; Fourier transform; Fourier method.
Main Bibliography - Braun M (1993). Differential Equations and Their Applications. Springer
- Ross S (1984). Differential Equations. John Wiley and Sons

- Chicone C (2006). Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications, 2nd edition (Texts in Applied Mathematics, 34). Springer
- Doering CI e Lopes AO (2016). Equações Diferenciais Ordinárias, 6.a edição (Coleção Matemática Universitária). IMPA
- Hirsch MW, Smale S and Devaney RL (2013). Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos, 3rd edition. Elsevier Inc.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2026-01-08

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