Math 2326 (11949), Differential Equations

MWF 10:30-11:20, EDUC 202

Instructor: Granville Sewell

Office hours: MTR 9:30-10:20, BELL 200

Prerequisites: Math 1312

The text is "Differential Equations, Fourth Edition," Blanchard, Devaney and Hall, Brooks & Cole, 2012.

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	4,5,7,10ab	Sept 3
	1.2	1,4,5,7,9,13,15,33,39,41	Sept 3
	1.3	2*,3*,6*,7*,8*,14,16,18	Sept 10
	1.4	3*,4*,6*,10*,15*	Sept 10
	1.5	13	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 3
	2.3	1b,3b	Oct 10
	2.4	1,3,7	Oct 10
	2.5	1*,2*	Oct 10
Linear Systems	3.1	7,8,16,24,27,29,34	Oct 17
	3.2	1,2,9,12c,16,17,21,23	Oct 17
	3.3	1,2,13,15,21	Oct 24
	3.4	3,5,7,9,11,13,23abc	Oct 24
	3.5	1ab,5ab	Oct 31
	3.6	1,3,5,11,15ab,17ab,23ab,25ab	Oct 31
Test II	Chapters 2,3		Nov 3
Forcing and Resonance	4.1	1,3,7,11	Nov 12
	4.2	1,5,14	Nov 12
Nonlinear Systems	5.1	1,3,4,11	Nov 19
Laplace Transforms	6.1	7,8,10,13,15,19,25	Nov 19
	6.2	1,4,5,9	Nov 26
	6.3	8,15,17,27,29	Nov 26
	6.4	2,3	Nov 26
Test III	Chapters 4,5,6		Dec 1
Final	comprehensive		Dec 12, 10am

* = computer problem using DE Tools. Note, however, that DE Tools is NOT required for this course (see discussion on quizzes below).

Grades

• 20% based on 12 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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Old Tests

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

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

Spring 2012: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Fall 2012a: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Fall 2012b: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Spring 2013: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Fall 2014: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Note: Drop Deadline is Oct 31

Tutoring: Math Resource Center for Students (MaRCS)

Chapter 1 Review problems (p136ff): 6,9,21,22,23,25,29,30,32,46,47,48,49,54

Chapter 2 Review problems (p224ff): 2,3,5,6,7,12,36

Chapter 3 Review problems (p376ff): 19,21,23,25,27,29,31

Antiderivatives Review