MATH 238: Applied Differential Equations


There will be no quiz at Nov 19th (Thu). We'll cover Chapter 27.

Course Syllabus

Schedule:

Tue, Thu 11:10 am -- 12:30 pm (Shelby Center 219)
Office Hour: Mon 10:05 am -- 12:05 pm, Wed 10:05 am -- 12:05 pm, Thu 9:00 -- 10:00 am, Fri 10:05 -- 11:05 am and by appointment


week 1: Chapter 1, 2
week 2: Chapter 2, 3, 4
week 3: Chapter 4, 5, 6
week 4: Chapter 6, 8
week 5: Chapter 8, 9
week 6: Review and Test 1
Week 7: Chapter 10, 16
Week 8: Chapter 16
Week 9: Chapter 16
Week 10: Chapter 18, 20

Textbook:

Ordinary Differential Equations by Kenneth Howell

Grades:

3*Midterm exam(3*100=300) + Quiz(100) + Final exam(150) = 550

Midterm Exams in Class

Exam 1: Sep 24th (Thu)

Exam 2: Oct 22nd (Thu) -- Chapter 16, 18, 20

Exam 3: Nov 24th (Tue) -- Chapter 24, 25, 26, 27;

Final Exams:

Dec 8th (Tue), 2009

Quizes:

There will be a quiz every Thursday.

Plot a curve in space : Euler.m

Assignment:

Part 1: (p 1-16) 1.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.11; (p 2-15) 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7; (p 3-28) 3.5; (p 4-27) 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8; (p 5-12) 5.1, 5.3; (p 6-10) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 (a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i);

Part 2: (p 16-19) 16.1, 16.2, 16.5; (p 18-19) 18.1, 18.3; (p 20-6) 20-4, 20-5, 20-7, 20-8; (p 19-13) 19.1, 19.2, 19.4;

Part 3: (p 24-28) 24.6, 24.7, 24.8, 24.9, 24.11, 24.16;

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