Schedule, Math 527 fall 2015, UNH

1. Exams will take place during lecture time (8:10-9:00am) on the scheduled date and in Horton 4 plus another room to be determined.

2. Exam dates are inviolable, unless the university officially closes due to snow or other emergency. Do not expect that you can make up an exam if you miss it. Do not make travel plans that would cause you to miss a scheduled exam or miss class the Friday after a scheduled exam –that would be the make-up date for a canceled exam.

3. Readings are sections in Zill First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications, 10th edition. If you use another text, find the relevant reading using the table of contents or index.

4. Lectures without a specified topic are buffers for the inevitable lag.

5. Homeworks are due in recitation on the dates listed below.

6. Please refer to policies for specifics on handing in homeworks, exam procedures, etc.

date	  lecture	                reading    homework

FIRST_ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Mon 08/31 what's it all about		  1
Wed 09/02 separable eqns		  2.2
Fri 09/04 1st order linear                2.3

Mon 09/07 labor day, no class                    HW1 due Tue 09/08
Wed 09/09 implicit/explicit, soln regions                    
Fri 09/11 exact eqns                      2.4

Mon 09/14                                        HW2 due Tue 09/15
Wed 09/16 substitutions                   2.5
Fri 09/18 

Mon 09/21                                        HW3 due Tue 09/22
Wed 09/23 EXAM #1


HIGHER-ORDER EQUATIONS
Fri 09/25 y=e^(lambda t) is your friend   4.3

Mon 09/28 complex roots, Euler formula           
Wed 09/30 linear eqns, basic theory       4.1    HW4 due Thu 10/01
Fri 10/02

Mon 10/05 judicious guessing              4.4
Wed 10/07                                        HW5 due Thu 10/08
Fri 10/09         

Mon 10/12 variation of parameters         4.6                              
Wed 10/14                                        HW6 due Thu 10/15
Fri 10/16

Mon 10/19 power series methods                   ungraded HW, for Tue 10/20
Wed 10/21 EXAM #2
Fri 10/23 power series methods


LAPLACE TRANSFORMS

Mon 10/26 definitions, examples           7.1
Wed 10/28 derivatives, solving ODEs       7.2    HW7 due Thu 10/29
Fri 10/30 s-translation			  7.3.1

Mon 11/02 t-translation (Heaviside)       7.3.2
Wed 11/04                                        HW8 due Thu 11/05
Fri 11/06 Dirac delta		          7.5

Mon 11/09
Wed 11/11 veteran's day                          ungraded HW, exam prep
Fri 11/13 EXAM #3


SYSTEMS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Mon 11/16 matrices and vectors	        App II.1 
Wed 11/18 solving Ax=b, gauss elim	App II.2
Fri 11/20 determinants

Mon 11/23                                        HW9 due Tues 11/24
Wed 11/25 thanksgiving
Fri 11/27 thanksgiving


Mon 11/30 ODEs in matrix form           8.1
Wed 12/02 real eigenvalues, distinct	8.2.1    HW11 due Thu 12/03
Fri 12/04 real eigenvalues, repeated	8.2.2

Mon 12/07 complex eigenvalues           8.2.3    
Wed 12/09 phase portraits                        HW12 due Thu 12/10
Fri 12/11

FINALS PERIOD
Mon 12/14 reading day
Tue 12/15 finals
Wed 12/16 finals
Thu 12/17 finals
Fri 12/18 finals
Sat 12/19 finals