TENTATIVE SYLLABUS

MATH 244

Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics

Sections 1-3  Stephen Miller
TA: Pieter Blue

MTh 9:50-11:10  room ARC 105


 Date

 Lecture
Sections Covered

 Date
 Lecture
Sections Covered
1/23
 1  1.1, 1.2, Assign: Maple Lab 0 
3/13
 15  4.1, 4.2, 4.3 
1/27
 2  1.3, 2.1 
3/24
 16  5.5 
1/30 3  2.2, 2.3 
3/27
 17  7.1, 7.2 
2/3
 4  2.3, 2.4 
3/31
 18  7.3 
2/6
 5  2.5, 2.6, Assign: Maple Lab 1 
4/3
 19  7.4, 7.5, Assign: Maple Lab 4 
2/10
 6  2.7, 8.1 
4/7
 20  7.6, 7.8 
2/13
 7  8.2, 8.3 
4/10
 21  EXAM 2: through 7.5 
2/17
 8  3.1, 3.2 
4/14
 22  9.1 
2/20
 9  3.2, 3.3, Assign: Maple Lab 2 
4/17
 23  9.2, 9.3 
2/24
 10  3.4, 3.5 
4/21
 24  9.4, Assign: Maple Lab 5 
2/27
 11  EXAM 1: through 3.3 
4/24
 25  9.5 
3/3
 12  3.6, 3.7 
4/28
 26  5.1, 5.2 
3/6
 13  3.7, 3.8 
5/1
 27  5.2, 5.3 
3/10
 14  3.8, 3.9, Assign: Maple Lab 3 
5/5
 28  Catch-up

Text Book: William E. Boyce & Richard C. DiPrima ; Elementary Differential Equations (seventh edition); Wiley ( text ) 2001 (608 pp.); (ISBN# 0-471-31998-8).


Grading Policy:  Two in class midterm exams (Thursday February 27th, Thursday April 10th) -- each 20%. 
                            Final exam (Wednesday May 14th, 12-3 pm, ARC 105) -- worth 40%.
                            Quizzes and Homework -- worth 20%.

Links:

Main Course Page  (Includes Maple Labs, and links to old exams and practice questions)
Link to practice midterm 1
Link to practice midterm 2

A java program for exploring the Mandelbrot Set, and a page describing it with beautiful pictures .
You can make them yourself using "Fractint."  You can download a nice movie here .
Mandelbrot set


Assignments (All due in section unless otherwise noted)
  Date
   Assignment
  1/29
   HW §§1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
  2/5
   HW §§2.2-2.4, Maple Lab 0
  2/12
   HW §§2.5-2.7, 8.1
  2/19
   HW §§8.2, 8.3, 3.1, Maple Lab 1 
  2/26
   HW §§3.2, 3.3
  3/5
  HW §§3.4-3.6
  3/12
   HW §§3.7-3.9, Maple Lab 2
  3/26
   HW §§4.1-4.3, 5.5
  4/2
   HW §§7.1-7.3, Maple Lab 3
  4/9
   HW §§7.4-7.5
  4/16
   HW §§7.6, 7.8, 9.1
  4/23
   HW §§9.2-9.4, Maple Lab 4
  4/30
   HW §§9.5, 5.1
  5/5 (In Lecture) 
  HW §§5.2-5.3, Maple Lab 5


Homework

 Section   Problems
 Section   Problems 
1.1 1, 2, 5
4.1 1, 6, 7, 13, 17, 20, 21
1.2 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11
4.2 2, 10, 11, 19, 23, 28
1.3 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 18
4.3 3, 9, 12, 17
2.1 2, 8, 13, 22
5.5 2, 9, 15, 17
2.2 3, 8, 9, 17


2.3 8, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 29, 31
7.1 4, 5, 7
2.4 1, 7, 15, 18
7.2 2, 8, 11, 22, 26
2.5 2, 7, 9, 22
7.3 3, 6, 10, 13, 15
2.6 2, 8, 14, 19, 26
7.4 4, 6



7.5 3, 12, 19
2.7 2
7.6 3, 8, 9, 13
8.1 8, 16, 19
7.8 3, 8
8.2 2, 7


8.3 2, 7
9.1 13, 18



9.2 2, 8
3.1 3, 6, 10, 16, 18, 21, 34
9.3 4, 13, 16
3.2 2, 6, 7, 11, 13, 23
9.4 5, 8
3.3 1, 4, 7, 13, 15, 19
9.5 1, 6, 11
3.4 1, 4, 7, 16, 17, 22, 24


3.5 2, 7, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23
5.1 1, 6, 8, 9, 14, 18
3.6 4, 10, 17, 20, 25
5.2 2, 6, 12, 15, 18
3.7 1, 7, 15
5.3 1, 3, 7, 8, 12, 16
3.8 1, 4, 5, 8, 15, 19


3.9 2, 5, 7, 11





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