The first lecture will be …

The first lecture will be on Thursday January 17, 10:15-12:00.

Syllabus/achievement requirements (subject to revision according to progress in teaching plan):

Holden, Helge, and Nils H. Risebro. Front Tracking for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws. 2nd ed. Springer, 2007.

Material covered in the book include (parts of): Chapter 1 (Introduction), Chapter 2 (Scalar conservation laws), Chapters 3 (A short course in difference methods), Chapter 5 (The Riemann problem for systems), Chapter 6 (Existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem).