Approximate Schedule for MAT127, Spring 2006
| Week | Topics | Homework | ||
| 1/23 | Administrivia. 7.1 Modeling with Differential Equations; begin 7.2 Direction Fields. |
HW 1 online. 7.1: 7, 14. |
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| 1/30 | 7.2 Direction Fields and Euler's Method; 7.3 Separable Equations. |
HW 2 online. 7.2: 20, 28. (Here is a printable version of #20) |
2/6 | finish 7.3 Separable Equations; 7.4 Exponential Growth and Decay. |
iLrn tutorial for extra credit,
HW 3 online. 7.3: 37, 7.4: 11. |
2/13 | Second Order Linear Equations. (The PDF version prints out nicer.) | HW 4 online. (Because of the midterm, the due date is 48 hours later. But since some of this material will be on the midterm, you should attempt at least the first 3 or 4 problems before monday. There is no paper homework this week.) | 2/20 | Midterm 1: Monday, February 20 at 8:30pm.
(more details here) 7.5 The Logistic Equation; 7.6 Predator-Prey Systems. |
HW 5 online.
due the usual time, 3/1 at 9am
7.5: 8, 7.6: 9. |
2/27 | Finish 7.6 Predator-Prey systems. 8.1 Sequences. ; Begin 8.2 Series. 3/3: Last day to move down to MAT132 or MAT126 |
HW 6 online. 8.1: 35, 36. 8.2: 9. |
3/6 | 8.2 Series begin 8.3 Integral and Comparison tests |
HW 7 online. 8.2: 28, 34. |
3/13 | finish 8.3 Integral and Comparison tests begin 8.4 Other Convergence tests |
HW 8 online. (Because of the midterm, the due date is 24 hours later. But since this material will be on the midterm, you should attempt most of the problems before tuesday. There is no paper homework this week.) | 3/20 | Midterm 2: Tuesday, March 21 at 8:30pm.
(more details here) 8.4 Other Convergence tests 3/24: Last day to withdraw or change to P/NC |
I goofed up, so no homework this week. Next week's homework will cover several sections instead. | 3/27 | 8.5 Power Series 8.6 Representations of Functions as Power Series |
HW 9 online.
Due 4/5 at 9:15AM, as usual 8.5: 20; 8.6: 10. Due in class on 4/6 or 4/7, as usual |
4/3 | 8.7 Taylor and Maclaurin Series | HW 10 online.
Due 4/19 at 9:15AM (wednesday after spring break) 8.6: 30; 8.7: 6. |
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4/17 | 8.7 Taylor and Maclaurin Series (continued) 8.9 Applications of Taylor Series | HW 11 online.
Due 4/27 at 9:15AM, as usual 8.7: 21, 8.9:12. |
4/24 | 8.10 Using Series to Solve Differential Equations | HW 12 online.
Due 5/8 at 5PM |
| 5/1 | Review Last class on Friday, 5/5 | |||
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more details here | |||
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