gibson:teaching:spring-2015:math527
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Math 527: Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
| sections | office hours | location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Gibson | M 3:30-4:30pm, W 2:30-3:30pm | N309E Kingsbury Hall | |
| Elizabeth Wu | 1-3 | T 9-10am, W 9-10am | N318 Kingsbury Hall |
| Kyle Gray | 4-6 | M 10-11am, T 9-10am | W351 Kingsbury Hall |
| Mimi Szeto | 7-9 | M 10-11am & 2-3pm, F 2-3pm | N210 Kingsbury Hall |
Lecture: Spaulding 120, MWF 1:10-2:00pm
Syllabus: lecture topics by date, homework due dates, exam dates
Policies: on homework, exams, total grade calculations, etc.
Advice: some thoughts on getting good grades and making the most of your education.
Notices
- 04/10/2015: No homework assigned for Tuesday April 14th. Rather than assigning new homework based on recent material I thought it best to give you time to review power series and Laplace transforms methods as a whole, in preparation for exam 3. Practice problems will be posted shortly.
- 02/09/2015: Exam #1 will take place as scheduled on Wed. 02/11/2015. Please see the Exams section below for exam room assignments and other important information.
- 01/26/2015 IMPENDING BLIZZARD: It is likely that classes will be canceled tomorrow due to snow. In that case, homework will be due in recitation sections Thursday 01/29/2015.
- 01/21/2015: Add/drop forms for this course, including changes in recitation sections, are approved and signed by the Math Dept office, W383 Kingsbury Hall. The instructor and TAs cannot sign these forms.
Homework
Homework policies. Homeworks are due in recitations on Tuesdays, with the exception of HW11 and HW12, which are due on Thursdays.
| homework | due | solutions | topic | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HW1 | Tue 01/27 | hw1solns.pdf | separation of variables | some solutions are implicit |
| HW2 | Tue 02/03 | hw2solns.pdf | 1st order linear | |
| HW3 | Tue 02/10 | hw3solns.pdf | exact equations | |
| HW4 | Tue 02/17 | hw4solns.pdf | applications of 1st order ODEs | |
| HW5 | Tue 02/24 | hw5solns.pdf | 2nd order linear homogeneous | |
| HW6 | Tue 03/03 | hw6solns.pdf | nonhomogeneous equations: judicious guessing | |
| HW7 | Tue 03/10 | hw7solns.pdfaddendum | variation of parameters | For problem 4, don't solve the initial value problem. Just find the general solution. Use tables of integrals! |
| HW8 | Tue 03/31 | hw8solns.pdf | power series, Laplace transforms | |
| HW9 | Tue 04/07 | hw9solns.pdf | Laplace transforms, s & t translation | |
| – | Tue 04/14 | canceling this HW, instead here are some practice problems for exam #3 from last year's HW. You can find solutions here and here | ||
| HW10 | Thu 04/23 | hw10solns.pdfhw10addendum.pdf | linear algebra | don't turn in problems 7-11 – most of these will be incorporated into HW11 |
| HW11 | Thu 04/30 | hw11solns.pdf | systems of ODEs | fixed typo in problem 1; for complex eigenvalues, express answer in both complex and real-valued forms |
Exams
The final exam is Tuesday, May 12 10:30-12:30pm. The exam will be split into three rooms:
- last name A-Ri: Spaulding 120
- last name Ro-Z: Spaulding G70
- DSS accommodations: Kingsbury N133
In Spaulding 120, please sit in alternating seats inwards starting from the middle aisle. In Spaulding G70, please follow the teaching assistant's instructions for double-spaced seating.
| exam | date | topic | sample exam | results | solutions | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wed 2/11 | 1st order eqns | sample exam and solutions | results | exam1 solutions | There is a typo in Problem 3. Here is the correct solution. prob3soln. Further practice problems exam1practice.pdf |
| #2 | Wed 3/11 | 2nd & higher order eqns | sample exam and solutions | results | exam2 solutions | Here are more practice problems, not sure if they are too hard or too easy compared to exam. exam2_moreprobs.pdf |
| #3 | Wed 4/15 | Laplace transforms, power series | sample exam and solutions. | results | exam3 solutions | More practice problems. These problems are from last year's HWs; you can find solutions here and here. |
| final | Tue 5/12 10:30-12:30pm | outline of topics | sample exam and solutions | More review problems with solutions |
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