I plan to cover the following sections of the textbook:
[1.1-1.6], [2.1-2.4], [3.1-3.6], 3.8, [4.1-4.2] and 5.1,5.2,5.3,5.5,5.6,5.7.
Things may change throughout the semester, so keep checking back regularly.
| Week |
Date |
Sections |
Assignment |
| 1 |
Feb. 1
Feb. 3
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Class cancelled
1.1 Differential equations and mathematical models
1.2 Integrals as general and particular solultions |
HW 1 (Due Feb 10)
1.1: 26, 48
1.2: 8, 10, 44
1.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 25, 26
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| 2 |
Feb. 8
Feb. 10
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1.3 Slope fields and solution curves 1.4 Separable equations |
HW 2 (Due 11PM Feb 17 Wednesday)
1.4: 3, 18, 28, 36, 37, 39, 43, 54
1.5: 1, 6, 16, 19, 27, 38
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| 3 |
Feb. 15
Feb. 17
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1.5 Integrating Factor1.6 Substitution methods |
HW 3 (Due 11PM Feb 24 Wednesday)
1.6: 8, 11, 21, 27, 29
1.6: 33, 37, 38, 44, 47, 57, 58
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| 4 |
Feb. 22
Feb. 24
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2.1 Population models 2.2 Equilibrium solutions |
HW 4 (Due 11PM Mar 3 Wednesday)
2.1: 13, 23, 33
2.2: 8, 9, 19, 22 |
| 5 |
Mar. 1
Mar. 3 |
2.3 Acceleration-Velocity models Midterm 1 6:05PM-7:25PM |
HW 5 (Due 11PM Mar 10 Wednesday)
2.3: 9, 10, 19
2.4: 1, 3, 5 |
| 6 |
Mar. 8
Mar. 10
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Ch 3.1 Second order linear DEs Ch 3.1 Second order linear DEs |
HW 6 (Due 11PM Mar 17 Wednesday)
3.1: 11, 16, 20, 22, 25, 33, 39 ,42, 52, 19, 29
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| 7 |
Mar. 15
Mar. 17
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Ch 3.2 Higher order homogeneous linear DEs
Ch 3.3 Higher order constant coefficient linear DEs |
HW 7 (Due 11PM Mar 24 Wednesday) 3.2 2, 5, 8 | 19 21| 25 | 36, 38
3.3: 9, 12, 15, 20 | 21, 33
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| 8 |
Mar. 22
Mar. 24
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Ch 3.4 Mechanical Vibrations Ch 3.5 Nonhomogeneous linear DEs |
HW 8 (Due 11PM Mar 31 Wednesday
3.4: 3, 14, 15 | 23
3.5 1, 5, 10, 19 | 21, 22, 26 | 34 | 47 51 (read the problem description!)
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| 9 |
Mar. 29
Mar. 31
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Ch 3.6 Forced Oscillations and Resonance Ch 3.8 Endpoint problems and Eigenvalues |
HW 9 (Due 11pm April 7 Wednesday
3.6: 1, 8 | 11, 20
3.8: 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 |
Apr. 5
Apr. 7
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4.1 Systems of Equations Midterm 2 6:05PM-7:25PM |
HW 10 (Due 11pm April 14 Wednesday)
4.1: 1,3 | 19, 24
4.2: 4 |
| 11 |
Apr. 12
Apr. 14
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4.2 Elimination 5.1 Matrices and Systems of DEs |
HW 11 (Due 11pm April 21 Wednesday)
4.2: 21, 22
5.1: 3, 12, 17 | 23, | 31, 37 (if you aren't taking linear algebra, you'll need to do more practice on matrix multiplication until it becomes second nature.)
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| 12 |
Apr. 19
Apr. 21
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5.2 Eigenvalue method 5.5 Repeated Roots in the eigenvalue method |
HW 12 (Due 11pm April 28 Wednesday)
5.2: 1, 6|
17, 19
5.5: 1, 2 | 7 | 29 |
| 13 |
Apr. 26
Apr. 28
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5.6 Matrix Exponentials and Fundamental Matrices 5.6 Matrix Exponentials, computations |
HW 13 (Due 11pm May 10 Monday)
5.6: 1,7 |9 ,21, 23|27, 30
5.7: 24, 31 |
| 14 |
May 3
(corrected computation on last example).
May 5
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5.7 Nonhomogeneous systems 5.3 Geometric interpretation of solutions |
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May 12 |
Final Exam
5:30pm-8:00pm
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