Math 3195: Elementary Differential Equations, Fall 2005

Tentative Syllabus

Week 1 August 22-24 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Models, solutions, direction fields
Week 2 August 29-31 1.3, 1.4, 2.1 Separable ODE's, Euler's method
Week 3 September 5-7 Labor Day, 2.2 first order linear eqs, integrating factors
Week 4 September 12-14 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 ODE Models, nonlinear models
Week 5 September 19-21 Review, Test 1 Test 1: Wednesday, September 21
Week 6 September 26-28 3.1, 3.2 Matrices, vector, geometry
Week 7 October 3-5 3.3, 3.4 Inverses and determinants, Vector spaces
Week 8 October 10-12 3.6, 4.1 Basis and dimension, 2nd order ODEs
Week 9 October 17-19 4.2, 4.3 2nd order ODE's: real and complex roots
Week 10 October 24-26 Review, Test 2 Test 2: Wednesday, October 26
Week 11 October 31-November 2 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2 non-homogeneous problems, linear transformations
Week 12 November 7-9 5.3, 6.1 Eigenvalues and Systems of Linear ODE's
Week 13 November 14-16 6.2, 6.3, 6.5 Systems with real and complex eigenvalues, chaos
Week 14 November 21-23 Thanksgiving  
Week 15 November 28 - November 30 8.3,8.4 Laplace Transform
Week 16 December 5-7 Review  
Week 17 December 12-14 Final Final: Monday, December 12, 9:00 - 11:00 am


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