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Scheduled teaching activities and/or workload information are subject to change in response to COVID-19, please check your Unit timetable and Unit Moodle site for more details.
Learning outcomes
Describe various classes of ordinary and partial differential equations and the physical systems to which they apply;
Identify the differential equations that describe various physical processes including those for simple harmonic motion, diffusion, wave propagation and mass transport;
Describe the essential mathematical properties of these differential equations;
Construct solutions of differential equations using analytic and computational methods;
Appreciate the role that differential equations and their solutions play in the scientific process, in particular their use as a tool to model physical systems and allow predictions to be made and tested.
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Miscellaneous Items Required (Unit Course Reader, Printing, Stationery) - $120.
Availability in areas of study
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