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 date  lecture                            reading  homework

W 1/23 intro

FIRST-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
F 1/25 definitions, separable eqns        2.2      
M 1/28 1st order linear (var of params)   2.3      
W 1/30 exact equations                    2.4      HW1
F 2/01 substitutions                      2.5      
M 2/04 examples
W 2/06 question and answer                         HW2
F 2/08 EXAM #1                                     

HIGHER-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (mostly 2nd order)
M 2/11 motivation, terminology            4.1
W 2/13 y=exp(lambda t), Euler's formula   4.3
F 2/15 under, critical, and overdamping   5.1      HW3
M 2/18 
W 2/20 judicious guessing (undet. coeff)  4.4
F 2/22                                             HW4
M 2/25 variation of parameters            4.6
W 2/27 question and answer
F 3/01 EXAM #2                                     

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS
M 3/04 definition, inverse transforms     7.1-2
W 3/06 transform of derivative, IVPs      7.2
F 3/08 s-translation                      7.3.1    HW5

(spring break)

M 3/18 t-translation (Heaviside func)     7.3.2
W 3/20 transforms: deriv, convolution     7.4.1-2
F 3/22 transforms: periodic funcs         7.4.3    HW6

M 3/25 Dirac delta function               7.5
W 3/27 question and answer
F 3/29 EXAM #3

SERIES SOLUTION
M 4/01 power series review                6.1.1
W 4/03 solutions about ordinary points    6.1.2
F 4/05 regions of convergence                      HW7

M 4/08 solutions about singular points    6.2
W 4/10 bessel,legendre functions          6.3.1,2
F 4/12 question and answer                         HW8

SYSTEMS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
M 4/15 matrices and vectors               AppII.1
W 4/17 Ax=b, determinants 
F 4/19 ODEs in matrix form, eigenvalues   8.1      HW9
    
M 4/22 real eigenvalues, distinct         8.2.1
W 4/24 real eigenvalues, repeated         8.2.2
F 4/26 complex eigenvalues                8.2.3    HW10

NUMERICAL METHODS 
M 4/29 Euler method                       9.1
W 5/01 Runge-Kutta                        9.2
F 5/03 Lorenz system