Students should understand the minimal learning outcomes listed on the Math 647 Wiki page. As evidence of that understanding, students should be able to demonstrate mastery of all relevant vocabulary, familiarity with common examples and counterexamples, knowledge of the content of the major theorems, understanding of the ideas in their proofs, and ability to make direct application of those results to related problems.

1. Classical theory for canonical linear PDEs
   • Transport equation
   • Laplace's equation
   • Heat equation
   • Wave equation
2. Method of characteristics
3. Sobolev spaces