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General Information:
MATH 2410 covers material mainly from chapters 1-4 of the textbook.
All classes start in ACD 106.
Textbooks:
Required:
Required: Differential Equations, 4th edition by Blachard, Devaney, and Hall
Homework Policy:
Homework is assigned every class and collected every Thursday. They are
returned the following Tuesday with remarks and graded.
The total weight of the homework grades is
50 point of the total 500 course points.
Exam
Schedule:
Exam 1: Tuesday, February 9
, 2:00 - 3:15p.m., Room: ACD 106
Exam 2: Thursday, March 10
, 2:00 - 3:15p.m., Room: ACD 106
Exam 3: Tuesday, April 12
, 2:00 - 3:15p.m., Room: ACD 106
Final Exam: Tuesday, May 2, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Room: ACD 304
Grading
Policy:
Homework: 50, Exam 1: 100, Exam 2: 100, Exam 3: 100, Final Exam: 150.
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| Date | Chapter | Topic | Homework | |
| Week 1 | Tues. 1/19 | 1.1 | Modeling via Differential Equations | Ch. 1.1: Exercises 2,3,5,8,9,10 |
| Thur. 1/21 | 1.2 | Separation of Variables | Ch. 1.2: Exercises 1,3,6,7,9,17,25,26,30 | |
| Week 2 | Tues. 1/26 | 1.3 | Slope Fields | Ch. 1.3: Exercises 7,8,11,14,15,18 |
| Thur. 1/28 | 1.4 | Numerical Methods. Euler's Method | Ch. 1.4 Exercises: 5,6,12 | |
| Week 3 | Tues. 2/2 | 1.5 | Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions | Ch. 1.5 Exercises: 1,4,9,11,14 |
| Thur. 2/4 | 1.6 | Equivilibria and the Phase Line | Ch. 1.6 Exercises: 1,3,7,13,15,19,22,23,31,37 | |
| Week 4 | Tues. 2/9 | Exam 1 | ||
| Thur. 2/11 | 1.8 | Linear Equations | Ch. 1.8 Exercises: 1,3,7,8,9,11,15,19,23,27 | |
| Week 5 | Tues. 2/16 | 1.9 | Integrating Factors for Linear Equations | Ch. 1.9 Exercises: 1,3,5,7,9,11,21,24 |
| Thur. 2/18 | 2.1 | Modeling via Systems | Ch. 2.1 Exercises: 9,10,15,16 | |
| Week 6 | Tues. 2/23 | 2.2 | Geometry of Systems | Ch. 2.2 Exercises: 9,10,13,14,15,16 |
| Thur. 2/25 | 2.3,2,4 | Linear and Special Systems | Ch. 2.3 Exercises: 1,4,6,7 Ch. 2.4 Exercises: 1,7,8,9,12,13 |
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| Week 7 | Tues. 3/1 | 2.5 2.6 |
Euler's Method for Systems Existence and Uniqueness |
Ch. 2.5 Exercises: 1,2 |
| Thur. 3/3 | 3.1 | Property of Linear Systems | Ch. 3.1 Exercises: 7,8,14,17,18 | |
| Week 8 | Tues. 3/8 | Review. Practice Exam 2 Practice Exam 2. Solutions |
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| Thur. 3/10 | Exam 2 | |||
| Week 9 | Tues. 3/15 | Spring recess | ||
| Thur. 3/17 | Spring recess | |||
| Week 10 | Tues. 3/22 | 3.2 | Straight-Line Solutions | Ch. 3.2 Exercises: 1,2,5,6,11,12 |
| Thur. 3/24 | 3.3 | Phase Portraits for Linear Systems with Real Eigenvalues | Ch. 3.3 Exercises: 9,10,17,18,19,21 | |
| Week 11 | Tues. 3/29 | 3.4 | Complex Eigenvalues | Ch. 3.4 Exercises: 1,9,10,13,15,16,23 |
| Thur. 3/31 | 3.5 | Repeated and Zero Eigenvalues | Ch. 3.5 Exercises: 1,2,5,6,11,15,17,18 | |
| Week 12 | Tues. 4/5 | 3.6 | Second Order Linear Equations | Ch. 3.6 Exercises: 1,2,4,5,8,9,32,33 |
| Week 12 | Thur. 4/7 | Review. Practice Exam 3 Practice Exam 3. Solutions |
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| Week 13 | Tues. 4/12 | Exam 3 | ||
| Thur. 4/15 | 4.2 | Sinusoidal Forcing | Ch. 4.2 Exercises: 1,3,4,,12,13,22 | |
| Week 14 | Tues. 4/19 | 6.1 | Laplace Transforms | Ch. 6.1 Exercises: 1,4,6,8,10,14,15,17 |
| Thur. 4/21 | 6.2 | Discontinuous Functions | Ch. 6.2 Exercises: 1,3,6,7,9,12,14,15 | |
| Week 15 | Tues. 4/26 | 6.3 | Second Order Equations | Ch. 6.3 Exercises: 27,28,29,30 |
| Thur. 4/28 | Review. Practice Final Exam Practice Final Exam. Solutions |
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| Week 16 | Tues. 5/3 | Final Exam, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. |
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