Math 2326 (12645), Differential Equations

MWF 8:30-9:20, BELL 143

Instructor: Granville Sewell

Office hours: MTWR 11:00-12:00, BELL 200

Course Description

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

* = computer problem requiring DE Tools

Grades

90-100% guaranteed A
80-89% guaranteed B or better
70-79% guaranteed C or better
60-69% guaranteed D or better
below 60% no guarantees

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Old Tests

Fall 2006: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Spring 2007: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Fall 2007: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Spring 2008: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Fall 2009: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Fall 2010: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Note: Drop Deadline is Oct 29

Chapter 1 Review problems (p138ff): 6,9,21,22,23,27,28,29,33,36,47,48,49,57

Chapter 2 Review problems (p220ff): 2,3,5,10,27

Chapter 3 Review problems (p370ff): 19,21,23,25,27,29,31

Antiderivatives Review