309B - Spr 2003

Instructor - Swati Sircar

Basic course information
Syllabus
Homework
Exams



Basic course information

Office: PDL C 422
Office hours: Mon, Fri 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, PDL C 422 or by appointment.

Text: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems by Boyce-DiPrima (7th ed.)

HW: Homework from the text will be assigned, but it will not be collected and graded. Solutions to the assigned exercises will be posted online each week by following Monday morning.

Exams: All exams will be at JHN 123. You can bring one page both sides hand written notes for the exam. You should not require a calculator as such. More on this closer to exam date(s). Midterms will be during regular class hour & Final will be 8:30-10:20 am.

Midterm 1 April 25 Friday 30%
Midterm 2 May 30 Friday 30%
Final June 9 Monday 40%

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Syllabus

The course concerns:

  1. Systems of first order linear equations (Chapter 7)
  2. Partial differential equations (Chapter 10).
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Plan: Here is the tentative plan for the Quarter. I reserve the right to make slight changes as the term progresses. We might move quicker or slower than indicated at some point.


Week Sections
1 7.1 - 7.3
2 7.4 - 7.6
3 7.7 - 7.9
4 7.9, 9.1 Midterm 1
5 10.1 - 10.2
6 10.2 - 10.4
7 10.4 - 10.6
8 10.7
9
review, Midterm 2
10 10.8 review

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Homework

Week Assignment Solution
1 7.1: 4,10,15,21    7.2: 2,4,16,24,25    7.3: 3,12,24,25 HW 1
2 7.4: 2,3,5,6    7.5: 3,7,11,16,22,28    7.6: 7,9,13,15,26 HW 2
3 7.7: 5,9,11,16    7.8: 3,7,12,16    7.9: 5,12,14 HW 3
4 9.1: 1,2,4,5,6,13 HW 4
5 10.1: 2,4,7,9,11,13    10.2: 3,5,7,9 HW 5
6 10.2: 14,17,18    10.3: 4,5,15 HW 6
7 10.4: 1,5,6,8,9,15,21    10.5: 1,3,5,8,9,10    10.6: 2,4,6,8 HW 7
8 10.6: 10ab,12a,15,18    10.7: 2a,6a,9 HW 8
9 no assignment
10 10.8: 1a, 6a HW 9

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Exams   

Practice Midterm 1 Midterm 1 Practice Midterm 2 Midterm 2 Final
Solution Solution Solution Solution Solution

  
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