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MATH 136Partial Differential Equations

Mathematics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Linear partial differential equations, boundary and initial value problems; wave equation, heat equation, and Laplace equation; separation of variables, eigenfunction expansions; selected topics, as method of characteristics for nonlinear equations.

When it runs

  • Spring 2026
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

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Requisites: courses 33A, 33B.

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  • MATH 33A
  • MATH 33B

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MATH 136

  • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
    • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
      • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students1 more beneath
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • MATH 33BDifferential Equations
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath

2 direct requisites. Showing 9 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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