Math 2326 (17961), Differential Equations

MW 15:00-16:20, BUSN 329

Instructor: Granville Sewell

Office hours: MTW 9-10, 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 6
	1.2	1,4,5,7,9,13,15,33,39,41	Sept 6
	1.3	2*,3*,6*,7*,8*,14,16,18	Sept 13
	1.4	3*,4*,6*,10*,15*	Sept 13
	1.5	13	Sept 20
	1.6	2,7,9,14*,21*,37,38	Sept 20
	1.8	1,3,4,5,6,7,11,17,22,23,33	Sept 27
Test I	Chapter 1		Oct 2
First-order Systems	2.1	1,2,3,4,5,6	Oct 9
	2.2	3ab*,5ab*,7ab*,11	Oct 9
	2.3	1b,3b	Oct 16
	2.4	1,3,7	Oct 16
	2.5	1ab*,2ab*	Oct 16
Linear Systems	3.1	7,8,16,24,27,29,34	Oct 23
	3.2	1,2,9,12c,16,17,21,23	Oct 23
	3.3	1,2,13,15,21	Oct 30
	3.4	3,5,7,9,11,13,23abc	Oct 30
Test II	Chapters 2,3		Nov 1
	3.5	1ab,5ab	Nov 8
	3.6	1,3,5,11,15ab,17ab,23ab,25ab	Nov 8
Forcing and Resonance	4.1	1,3,7,11	Nov 15
	4.2	1,5,14	Nov 15
Nonlinear Systems	5.1	1,3,4,11	Nov 22
Laplace Transforms	6.1	7,8,10,13,15,19,25	Nov 22
	6.2	1,4,5,9	Nov 29
	6.3	8,15,17,27,28	Nov 29
	6.4	2,3	Nov 29
Test III	Chapters 4,5,6		Dec 4
Final	comprehensive		Dec 11, 1pm

* = 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

Spring 2017: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Fall 2017: Test I | Test II | Test III | Final

Note: Drop Deadline is Nov 3

Tutoring: Math Resource Center for Students (MaRCS)

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