Math 2326 (17308), Differential Equations

MWF 11:30, LART 107

Office hours: MTWR 12:30, BELL 200

Prerequisites: Math 1312

The text is "Differential Equations, Third Edition," Blanchard, Devaney and Hall, Brooks & Cole, 2006.

Problem list may change during semester, so re-check each week

Topics covered

Topics	section	quiz over problems	quiz date
First-order Differential Equations	1.1	2,4,5,11,14ab	Aug 28
	1.2	1,4,5,7,9,11,13,29,33,35	Aug 28
	1.3	2*,3*,4*,7*,8*,14,15	Sept 6
	1.4	3*,4*,6*,10*,14*	Sept 6
	1.5	10abc,14	Sept 11
	1.6	2,7,9,14*,21*,37,38	Sept 11
	1.7	3,4	Sept 18
	1.8	1,3,4,5,6,7,11,17,22,23,33	Sept 18
Test I	Chapter 1		Sept 20
First-order Systems	2.1	1,2,3,4,5,6,20	Sept 25
	2.2	3*,5*,7*,11	Oct 2
	2.3	1,3,7,13,14,15b,17b	Oct 2
	2.4	1*,2*	Oct 9
Linear Systems	3.1	7,8,15,16,24,27,29,34	Oct 9
	3.2	1,2,9,12c,16,17,21,23	Oct 16
	3.3	1,2,13,15,21	Oct 16
	3.4	3,5,7,9,11,13,23	Oct 23
	3.5	1,5	Oct 23
	3.6	1,3,5,11,15,17,23,25	Oct 27
Test II	Chapters 2,3		Oct 30
Forcing and Resonance	4.1	1,3,7	Nov 8
	4.2	1,5	Nov 8
Nonlinear Systems	5.1	1,3,4,11	Nov 13
Laplace Transforms	6.1	5,7,8,10,13,15,19,25	Nov 13
	6.2	1,4,5,9	Nov 20
	6.3	8,15,17,27,29,32	Nov 20
	6.4	2,3	Nov 20
Test III	Chapters 4,5,6		Nov 27
Final	comprehensive		Dec 6 (1pm)

* = computer problem requiring DE Tools

Grades

• 20% based on 13 quizzes
  • each quiz will consist of one homework problem
  • since you will not have access to the "DE Tools" software during the quizzes, problems requiring this software will be appropriately modified.
  • no graphing calculators allowed during quizzes
  • no make-up quizzes, even for excused absences
• 20% based on Test I
  • no graphing calculators allowed during tests
  • make-up tests will be given only for excused absences
  • make-up tests will be different from scheduled tests
• 20% based on Test II
• 20% based on Test III
• 20% based on Final

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Note: Drop Deadline is Oct 27