Gestur Olafsson - Teaching

Reading classes and thesis work is not listed

Classes Fall 2017

Math. 7350, Complex Analysis

Tuesday and Thursday: 10:30-11:50 129 Allen
The syllabus is available here.
Material and information will be posted on Moodle.

Classes Summer 2017

Math. 2065, section 1, Elementary Differential Equations

M T W Th, F: 11:00-12:00 Lockett 243
The syllabus is available here.
Material and information will be posted on Moodle.

Classes Fall 2016

Math. 1552, sections 1-4, Analytic Geometry and Calculus II

This course is team taught with Professor L. Smolinsky.
M T W Th, 8:30-9:20 Lockett 16, 9:30-10:20 Lockett 237, section 3, 10:30-11:20, Lockett 232, and section 4, 11:30-12:20 Lockett 15

here

Math. 7370 , Lie Groups and Representation Theory

T-TH, 3:00-4:20 Lockett 132

Classes Spring 2016

Math. 4032, Advanced Calculus II

T-TH, 12:00 to 1:20, in 218 Stubbs

here

Classes Fall 2015

Math 7050, Complex Analysis

T-TH, 9:00 to 10:20, in Lockett 119

here

Math 4035, Advanced Calculus of n-variables

T-TH, 1:30 to 2:50, in Lockett 138

here

Classes Summer 2015

Math 2065-1, Elementary Differential Equations

M-T-W-TH-F, 11:00 to noon, 0138 Lockett Hall

here

old tests some with the solution.
Here is the table of Laplace transforms that will be used on the tests.
Here is some extra information for the final. It contains a list of problems from sections 8 and 9 and some practice problems.
You can find the solution to most of the extra problems here.

Classes Fall 2014

Math 3355-2, Probability

Tuesday-Thursday, noon-1:20, 0112 Lockett Hall

here

More material will be posted as the semester moves on.

Math 7375, Fourier Analysis and Wavelets

Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30-noon, 119 Lockett Hall

here

Classes Fall 2013

Math 4035, Advanced Calculus of n-variables

Tuesday-Thursday, 1:30-2:50, 38 Allen

Syllabus , html version

and pdf version

Short solutions to the first few homeworks

Short solutions to more of the homeworks

Short solutions/hints to more of the homework

Short solutions/hints for the rest of the homeworks

Short solutions/hints for the midterm

Short solutions/hints for the third exam in L. Richardson's class 2011

Short solutions/hints for the final exam in L. Richardson's class 2011

Math 7370, Lie groups and Representation Theory

Tuesday-Thursday, 3:00-4:20, 38 284 Lockett
Syllabus , html version
Exercises #1 .
Exercises #2 .
Very preliminary Lecture Notes .

Classes Fall 2012

Math 7311, Real Analysis I

Monday-Wendesday-Friday, 11:30-12:20, 113 Lockett

Syllabus , html version

5th homework set , due Modnay, Sept. 24 at 11:30 (in class).
Ideas how to solve , exercises from homeworks 1-4.
Ideas how to solve , exercises from homeworks 5-7.
Ideas how to solve , exercises from homeworks 8-11.
Ideas how to solve , exercises from homework 12.
Ideas how to solve , the midterm problems.
Ideas how to solve , some of the extra problems. By a mistake the first few problems are listed two times.
Ideas how to solve , the the problems from the final.

Classes Spring 2012

Math 7550, Differential Geometry

Tuesday and Thursday, 12:10 to 1:30, Lockett 132
Syllabus , html version

Classes Fall 2011

VIR cuourse, All you need to know about SL(2,R)

Classes Summer 2011

Math 1552-3, CALCULUS II

Monday - Thursday, 9:50-Noon, Lockett 276
html-verion and here is also a pdf-version
Test 1 with solutions.
Test 2 with solutions.
Test 3 with solutions.

Classes Fall 2010

Math 2065, Elementary Differential Equations.

T-TH : 1:40-3:00 PM, Lockett 114
Sylabus .
Solutions . to test 1.
Solutions . to test 2.
Solutions . to test 3.

Math 7390, Harmonic Analysis - I

T-TH : 12:10-1:30 PM, Lockett 239
Sylabus .

Classes Fall 2009

Math 7370, Lie Groups and Representations.

T-TH, 10:40-12:00 in 111 Lockett.
Sylabus .

Math 2025, Wavelets Made Easy

T-TH, 9:10-10:30, Lockett 112.
Sylabus .
First set of home works.
Solutions to the first set of home work.
First quiz.
Problems for Test #2.
Solutions for problems for Test #2.
Quiz #2 and solutions.
What to learn for test #2.
Test 2 with solutions.
Homework due November 5, 2009.
Solutions to home work 3.
What to study for Q3 .
Quiz 3 with solutions.
What to study for Test #3 .
Solutions for Test #3.
Solutions for Test #1

Math 4999-1, Physics and Group Representations.

For more information visit course description web-page

Classes Fall 2008

Math 7390, Applied Harmonic Analysis: The Heat Equation

Sylabus as a pdf-file .

Math 1550-22, Calculus-I

Sylabus as a pdf-file .
Home works for the first test.
Test 1 and the solutions.
More tests and solutions. More is coming on Monday.
What to study for the final.
How to write functions in WeBWork.

Classes Spring 2008

Math 7350, Complex Analysis

Seminar on Symmetric Spaces

Lecture 1 and part of Lecture 2.
Lecture 2 .

HONS 3035, 3D Imaging.

Sylabus as a pdf-file
Flyer

Classes Fall 2007

Harmonic Analysis I, Fourier Analysis.

Sylabus as a html-file and the Syllabus as a pdf-file.

Math 2058, Honor class on Multidimensional Calculus

Sylabus ,
Solutions for test 1,
Solutions for test 2,
Solutions for test 3.
How to prepare for TEST 3 . List of material and exercises.
You can find information from previous 2057 class further down on this page, classes 2005.

Classes Spring 2006

Math 4032, Advanced Calculus, II

Sylabus ,
Test 1 with solutions ,
Sample test 1 with short version of the solutions.
Second test 1 with short version of the solutions.
Solution to the homework due 3-24-2006.
Solution to the homework due 3-31-2006.
Solution to some of the problems from Section 5.2 to 5.8

What to study for test 2.

Homework and exercises.

What to study for test 3.

Solution to some of the problems from Section 6.1-6.3

Solution to test 3.

Solution to some of the problems from Section 3.4 and Chapter 4.

What sections will be on the final?

What poofs from Section 3.4, Chapter 4 and Section 5.1 should I study for the final?

Math 7390-1, Harmonic Analysis II

Sylabus ,
Here is a preliminary version of the part of Chapter 6 that deals with measure and integration.

Classes Fall 2005

Math 2057, Multidimensional Calculus

Sylabus ,
Material covered the first weeks.
Material covered the next two weeks.
Material covered until October 21.
Material covered until Nov. 28, including what will be covered on test 3.
Quiz 1 with solutions.
Quiz 2 with solutions.
Quiz 3 with solutions.
Quiz 4 with solutions.
Quiz 5 with solutions.
Quiz 6 with solutions.
Solutions to homeworks 2, due Oct. 25.
Test 1 with solutions.
Test 2 with solutions.
Test 3 with solutions.
Information for the final ON THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 3-5PM

Lectures on the heat equation given at The University of Tokyo, summer 2006

Coloquium lecture given at MIT.
The topic is a joint work with H. Schlichtkrull, Copenhagen, on the heat equation.
Lecture one containing motivation form X-ray tomography, the defininition, inversion formula and support properties.

Informal lectures on the Radon Transform.
Lecture one containing motivation form X-ray tomography, the defininition, inversion formula and support properties.

Lecture two discussing support properties of the Radon transform and few more things.
Lecture three . We discuss how to actually invert the Radon transform, and say few words about sampling.

Triple Wavelet Sets
A presentation given at the workshop on Harmonic analysis and applications in Baton Rouge, Jan. 2007.

The LSU Harmonic Analysis Page.
This is a link to the Harmonic Analysis page at LSU. This page includes teaching material and other information for students. You need a valid LSU-math account to log in on this page.

Older teaching material and lecture notes.