Syllabus for Differential Equations

Spring 2003

Course Information

Instructor:
Eric Olson
email:
ejolson at unr.edu
Office:
TR 2:30pm Ansari Business Building AB614 and by appointment.
Homepage:
http://fractal.math.unr.edu/~ejolson/285/
Text:
Boyce and Diprima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Seventh Edition, 2001, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Section:
002 Math 285 Differential Equations
TR 9:30A-10:45A OSN 202

005 Math 285 Differential Equations
TR 1:00P-2:15P AB 210

Grading

    2 Quizzes                       25 points each
   10 Homework Assignments           5 points each
    1 Midterm Exam                 100 points
    1 Final Exam                   100 points
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                                   300 points total

Calendar

#   Date     Chapter     Topic
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1   Jan 21     2.1       Linear Equations
2   Jan 23     2.2       Separable Equations
3   Jan 28     2.3       Modeling
4   Jan 30   2.4-2.5     Nonlinear Equations
5   Feb 4      2.6       Integrating Factors
6   Feb 6      2.8       Existence and Uniqueness
7   Feb 11     3.1       Homogeneous Equations
                         QUIZ I
8   Feb 13   3.2-3.3     The Wronskian
9   Feb 18   3.4-3.5     Complex and Repeated Roots
10  Feb 20     3.6       Undetermined Coefficients
11  Feb 25     3.7       Variation of Parameters
12  Feb 27     6.1       Laplace Transform
13  Mar 4      6.2       Initial Value Problems
14  Mar 6      6.6       The Convolution 
15  Mar 11               REVIEW
16  Mar 13               MIDTERM EXAM

                               Spring Break

17  Mar 25     5.1       Power Series
18  Mar 27   5.2-5.3     Series Solution at an Ordinary Point
19  Apr 1      5.4       Singular Points
20  Apr 3      5.5       Euler Equations
21  Apr 8    5.6-5.7     Solution at a Regular Singular Point
22  Apr 10     5.8       Bessel's Equation
23  Apr 15     7.1       First Order Systems
24  Apr 17     7.2       Matrices and Inverses
                         QUIZ II
25  Apr 22     7.3       Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
26  Apr 24   7.4-7.5     Linear First Order Systems
27  Apr 29     7.6       Complex Eigenvalues
28  May 1    7.7-7.8     Fundamental Matrices 
29  May 6                REVIEW

Final Exam

The final exam will be held for The exams for each section will be different. You must go to the final exam corresponding to the section you are enrolled in.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The Mathematics Department is committed to equal opportunity in education for all students, including those with documented physical disabilities or documented learning disabilities. University policy states that it is the responsibility of students with documented disabilities to contact instructors during the first week of each semester to discuss appropriate accommodations to ensure equity in grading, classroom experiences and outside assignments.

Academic Conduct

Bring your student identification to all exams. Work independently on all exams and quizzes. Behaviors inappropriate to test taking may disturb other students and will be considered cheating. Don't talk or pass notes with other students during an exam. Don't read notes or books while taking exams given in the classroom. Homework may be discussed freely. If you are unclear as to what constitutes cheating, please consult with me.

Last updated: Tue Jan 21 02:26:15 PST 2003