MATH 2410

Elementary Differential Equations

Spring 2018

Office: ACD 114A
Phone: (860) 405-9294
Office Hours: TTh 9:30 - 10:30am. and by appointment
Open Door Policy: You are welcome to drop by to discuss any aspect of the course, anytime, on the days I am on campus-- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

General Information:

MATH 2410 covers material mainly from chapters 1-4 of the textbook.

Class Meeting Times/Place: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Classroom ACD 206.

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 150 point of the total 500 course points.

Exam Schedule:                   Exam 1: Tuesday, February 9 ,            2:00 - 3:15p.m., Room: ACD 206
                                                     Exam 2: Thursday, March 22 ,            2:00 - 3:15p.m., Room: ACD 206
                                                     Final Exam: Tuesday, May 1 ,            1:00 - 3:00p.m., Room: ACD 206

Grading Policy: Homework: 150, Exam 1: 100, Exam 2: 100, Final Exam: 150.

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	Date	Chapter	Topic	Homework
Week 1	Tues. 1/16	1.1	Modeling via Differential Equations	Ch. 1.1: Exercises 2,3,5,8,9,10
	Thur. 1/18	1.2	Separation of Variables	Ch. 1.2: Exercises 1,3,6,7,9,17,25,26,30

Week 2	Tues. 1/23	1.3	Slope Fields	Ch. 1.3: Exercises 7,8,11,14,15,18
	Thur. 1/25	1.4	Numerical Methods. Euler's Method	Ch. 1.4 Exercises: 5,6,12

Week 3	Tues. 1/30	1.5	Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions	Ch. 1.5 Exercises: 1,4,9,11,14
	Thur. 2/1	1.6	Equivilibria and the Phase Line	Ch. 1.6 Exercises: 1,3,7,13,15,19,22,23,31,37

Week 4	Tues. 2/6		Review. Practice Exam 1 Practice Exam 1. Solutions
	Thur. 2/8		Exam 1

Week 5	Tues. 2/13	1.8	Linear Equations	Ch. 1.8 Exercises: 1,3,7,8,9,11,15,19,23,27
	Thur. 2/15	1.9	Integrating Factors for Linear Equations	Ch. 1.9 Exercises: 1,3,5,7,9,11,21,24

Week 6	Tues. 2/20	2.1, 2.2	Modeling via Systems. Geometry of Systems	Ch. 2.1 Exercises: 9,10,15,16 Ch. 2.2 Exercises: 9,10,13,14,15,16
	Thur. 2/22	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

Week 7	Tues. 2/27	2.5 2.6	Euler's Method for Systems Existence and Uniqueness	Ch. 2.5 Exercises: 1,2
	Thur. 3/1	3.1	Property of Linear Systems	Ch. 3.1 Exercises: 7,8,14,17,18

Week 8	Tues. 3/6	3.2	Straight-Line Solutions	Ch. 3.2 Exercises: 1,2,5,6,11,12
	Thur. 3/8	3.3	Phase Portraits for Linear Systems with Real Eigenvalues	Ch. 3.3 Exercises: 9,10,17,18,19,21

Week 9	Tues. 3/13		Spring recess
	Thur. 3/15		Spring recess

Week 8	Tues. 3/20		Review. Practice Exam 2 Practice Exam 2. Solutions
	Thur. 3/22		Review. Practice Exam 2 Practice Exam 2. Solutions

Week 11	Tues. 3/27		Exam 2
	Thur. 3/29	3.4	Complex Eigenvalues	Ch. 3.4 Exercises: 1,9,10,13,15,16,23

Week 12	Tues. 4/3	3.4	Complex Eigenvalues	Ch. 3.4 Exercises: 1,9,10,13,15,16,23
Week 12	Thur. 4/5	3.5	Repeated and Zero Eigenvalues	Ch. 3.5 Exercises: 1,2,5,6,11,15,17,18

Week 13	Tues. 4/10	3.6	Second Order Linear Equations	Ch. 3.6 Exercises: 1,2,4,5,8,9,32,33
	Thur. 4/12	4.1	Forced Harmonic Oscillations	Ch. 4.1 Exercises: 1,2,5,10,11,20,21

Week 14	Tues. 4/17	4.2	Sinusoidal Forcing	Ch. 4.2 Exercises: 1,3,4,,12,13,22
	Thur. 4/19	6.1	Laplace Transforms	Ch. 6.1 Exercises: 1,4,6,8,10,14,15,17

Week 15	Tues. 4/24	6.2	Discontinuous Functions	Ch. 6.2 Exercises: 1,3,6,7,9,12,14,15
	Thur. 4/26		Review. Practice Final Exam 1 Practice Final Exam 1. Solutions Practice Final Exam 2 Practice Final Exam 2. Solutions

Week 16	Tues. 5/1		Final Exam, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

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