Course 1: Geometry and Visualizing with Maple.

30 hours

Abstract. The introductory course is devoted to using Maple program in symbolic/numeric calculations and visualizing of curves and surfaces. It includes the following themes: Introduction to Maple (menu, help, menu, basic symbolic commands, graphics and programming). 1. Functions and graphs (in Cartesian and other coordinates, using complex numbers and quaternions). 2. Geometric transformations in 2 and 3 dimensions (matrices, isometries, affine and projective transformations). 4. Mobius transformations and hyperbolic geometry (in the half-plane and in the halfspace). 5. Geometry of curves (examples of curves, tangent lines, singular points, length, curvature and torsion, fractals, variation problems). 6. Geometry of surfaces (examples of surfaces and polyhedra, tangent plane, singular points, I and II forms, length of a curve, Gaussian curvature, geodesics). 7.* Piecewise curves and surfaces (interpolation, Bezier curves, geometric splines). Bibliography: [1] Rovenski V. Geometry of curves and surfaces with Maple, Birkhauser, Boston, 2000. [2] Rovenski V. Modeling of curves and surfaces with Matlab, SUMAT, Springer, 2010. [3] Oprea J. Differential Geometry and Its Applications, Prentice Hall, 1997. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5 Course 2: Modeling in mathematics and physics with Maple. 30 hours Abstract. The course is devoted to using Maple program in symbolic/numeric solutions of differential equations, geometrical structures in mechanics and physics, and their visualizing. It includes the following traditional and advanced themes: 0. Introduction to Maple: menu, help, basic symbolic commands, graphics and programming, vector calculus. 1. Differential equations a) Differential equations: Eigenvalue problems, Fourier series, Solving PDE's (Laplace, heat, wave, hyperbolic), perturbation methods. b) Dynamical systems: planar systems, limit cycles, Lyapunov functions, bifurcations,

chaos, Poincare map, discrete dynamical systems. c) Mathematical models in anisotropic elasticity and piezo-electricity: Dirichlet/Neumann and biharmonic BVP's in cartesian and polar coordinates, exact and approximate polynomial and Fourier series based solutions, coupled beam analysis. d) Instability analysis in fluid mechanics: Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, linearized Navier-Stokes equations, perturbation method and dispersion relation. 2. Geometry and Physics. a) Tensors: metric connection, Euler-Lagrangue equation, geodesics, curvature tensor, Jacobi fields. b) Examples form Relativity: Galilean and Lorentz transformations, Maxwell equations, Einstein equation, the Schwarzschild metric solution, perturbation method and gravitational Wave solutions. Bibliography: [1] Rand O. and Rovenski V. Analytical Methods in Anisotropic Elasticity with Symbolic Computational Tools, Birkhauser, Boston, 2005. [2] Rovenski V., Gaissinski I. and Kelis O. Hydrodynamic Instability Analysis. Perturbation Methods. Verlag Dr. Muller, 2009. [3] Gaissinski I. and Rovenski V. Non-Linear Models in Mechanics: Instabilities and Turbulence. Mathematical Methods and Applications, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010. [4] Lynch S. Dynamical systems with applications using Maple. 2-nd edition, Birkhauser, 2010. [5] Articolo G.A. PDE's and BVP's with Maple. 2-nd edition, Elsevier, 2009. [6] O'Neill B. Semi-Riemannian geometry with applications to relativity, Academic Press, 1983. [7] Carroll S. Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity, Addison-Wesley, 2004.