Math 2326 (23815), Differential Equations

TR 9:00, LART 303

Office hours: MTWR 11:30, 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	Jan 23
	1.2	1,4,5,7,9,11,13,29,33,35	Jan 23
	1.3	2*,3*,4*,7*,8*,14,15	Jan 30
	1.4	3*,4*,6*,10*,14*	Jan 30
	1.5	10abc,14	Feb 6
	1.6	2,7,9,14*,21*,37,38	Feb 6
	1.7	3,4	Feb 13
	1.8	1,3,4,5,6,7,11,17,22,23,33	Feb 13
Test I	Chapter 1		Feb 15
First-order Systems	2.1	1,2,3,4,5,6,20	Feb 22
	2.2	3*,5*,7*,11	Feb 22
	2.3	1,3,7,13,14,15b,17b	March 1
	2.4	1*,2*	March 1
Linear Systems	3.1	7,8,15,16,24,27,29,34	March 8
	3.2	1,2,9,12c,16,17,21,23	March 8
	3.3	1,2,13,15,21	March 22
	3.4	3,5,7,9,11,13,23	March 22
	3.5	1,5	March 29
	3.6	1,3,5,11,15,17,23,25	March 29
Test II	Chapters 2,3		April 3
Forcing and Resonance	4.1	1,3,7	April 12
	4.2	1,5	April 12
Nonlinear Systems	5.1	1,3,4,11	April 19
Laplace Transforms	6.1	5,7,8,10,13,15,19,25	April 19
	6.2	1,4,5,9	April 26
	6.3	8,15,17,27,29,32	April 26
	6.4	2,3	April 26
Test III	Chapters 4,5,6		May 1
Final	comprehensive		May 8, 10am

* = 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. However, I will throw out your two lowest quiz grades.
• 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 March 23