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Variational Methods

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Course Unit Code470-4114/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BOU10prof. RNDr. Jiří Bouchala, Ph.D.
VOD03doc. Mgr. Petr Vodstrčil, Ph.D.
Summary
The course is offered throughout the university. Within the course the students are introduced into weak formulations of various kinds of elliptic boundary value problems, solvability conditions as well as fundamental properties of the weak solutions. The correct understanding of these notions is necessary to succeed with solution of various engineering problems.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students, who pases the course, will be able to define a weak solution for various kinds of elliptic boundary value problems, to prove the existence of a unique solution and master a couple of approaches to solve it numerically.
Course Contents
Lebesgue Integral.
Lebesgue Spaces.
Distributions.

Sobolev Spaces.
Trace Theorem.

Weak Solutions of Boundary Value Problems.
Lax Milgram Theorem.
Existence and Uniqueness of Weak Solutions.
Regularity of Weak Solution.

Energy Functional.
Ritz and Galerkin Methods.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
M. Renardy, R. C. Rogers: An introduction to partial differential equations, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993.
E. Zeidler: Applied Functional Analysis, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995.
J. Bouchala: Variační metody, http://am.vsb.cz/bouchala
Recommended Reading:
E. Zeidler: Applied Functional Analysis, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995.
K. Rektorys: Variační metody v inženýrských problémech a v problémech matematické fyziky, Academia, Praha, 1999.
O. John, J. Nečas: Rovnice matematické fyziky, MFF UK, Praha, 1977.
M. Renardy, R. C. Rogers: An introduction to partial differential equations, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993.
S. Míka, A. Kufner: Parciální diferenciální rovnice I. Stacionární rovnice, SNTL, Praha, 1983.
E. Zeidler: Applied Functional Analysis, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit30 10
        ExaminationExamination70 21