Math 2326 (13817), Differential Equations

MWF 8:30, LART 303

Office hours: MTWR 9:30, 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	Sept 5
	1.2	1,4,5,7,9,11,13,29,33,35	Sept 5
	1.3	2*,3*,4*,7*,8*,14,15	Sept 12
	1.4	3*,4*,6*,10*,14*	Sept 12
	1.5	10abc,14	Sept 17
	1.6	2,7,9,14*,21*,37,38	Sept 17
	1.8	1,3,4,5,6,7,11,17,22,23,33	Sept 24
Test I	Chapter 1		Sept 26
First-order Systems	2.1	1,2,3,4,5,6,20	Oct 3
	2.2	3*,5*,7*,11	Oct 8
	2.3	1,3,7,13,14,15b,17b	Oct 8
	2.4	1*,2*	Oct 15
Linear Systems	3.1	7,8,15,16,24,27,29,34	Oct 15
	3.2	1,2,9,12c,16,17,21,23	Oct 22
	3.3	1,2,13,15,21	Oct 22
	3.4	3,5,7,9,11,13,23	Oct 29
	3.5	1,5	Oct 29
	3.6	1,3,5,11,15,17,23,25	Nov 2
Test II	Chapters 2,3		Nov 5
Forcing and Resonance	4.1	1,3,7	Nov 12
	4.2	1,5	Nov 12
Nonlinear Systems	5.1	1,3,4,11	Nov 19
Laplace Transforms	6.1	5,7,8,10,13,15,19,25	Nov 19
	6.2	1,4,5,9	Nov 28
	6.3	8,15,17,27,29,32	Nov 28
	6.4	2,3	Nov 28
Test III	Chapters 4,5,6		Dec 3
Final	comprehensive		Dec 10, 10am

* = computer problem requiring DE Tools

Grades

• 20% based on 13 quizzes
  • each quiz will consist of one or more homework problems
  • since you will not have access to the "DE Tools" software during the quizzes, problems requiring this software will be appropriately modified.
  • no make-up quizzes, even for excused absences. However, I will throw out your three lowest quiz grades.
• 20% based on Test I
  • 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 Nov 2