Advanced Partial Differential Equations and Finite Element Method Distribution Theory - Introduction, Topology of Test functions, Convolutions, Schwartz Space, Tempered Distributions, Fourier Transform; Sobolev Spaces - Definitions, Extension Operators, Continuous and Compact Imbeddings, Trace results; Weak Solutions - Variational formulation of Elliptic Boundary Value Problems, Weak solutions, Maximum Principle, Regularity results; Finite Element Method (FEM) - Introduction to FEM, Finite element solution of Elliptic boundary value problems.
Books
* L. Schwartz, Theorie des Distributions, Hermann, (1966).
* S. Kesavan, Topics in Functional Analysis and applications, John Wiley & Sons (1989).
* P. G. Ciarlet, Lectures on Finite Element Method, TIFR Lecture Notes Series, Bombay (1975).
* J. T. Marti, Introduction to Finite Element Method and Finite Element Solution of Elliptic Boundary Value Problems, Academic Press (1986).