Instructor:
Dr. Feng Luo
Office Hour:
T10-12
Email:
fluo@math.rutgers.edu
Class
meets: MW 8,
CA, A3, College Av. Campus.
Text:
Paul Blanchard, Robert L. Devaney & Glen Hall; Differential Equations (second edition); Brooks/Cole, 2002 (786 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-34514-1)
We plan to cover the following sections in the textbook: 1.1-1.8, 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.8, 4.1-4.3, 5.1, 8.1-8.2.
Final Exam : Wed. Dec. 17, 8-11pm, in the same room, CA A3. The final exam covers all sections: 1.1-1.8, 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.8, 4.1-4.3, 5.1, 8.1-8.2. and the matrix exponent.
Office hours during the Final Exam : Friday, Dec. 12, 9-10am, Wed., Dec. 17, 11am-noon. in Hill 230, Professor Z. Han's office.
Grader of the MatLab problems:
Homework and quiz: Homework will not be graded. You may find the assigment at homework assignments. You ara strongy encouraged to do all the homework assignments in a timely fashion. Quizzes will be given and will resemble the homework proglems.
First quiz: Thursday, Sept. 18, covers sections 1.1-1.6.
Second quiz: Monday, Oct. 6, covers sections, 1.8-2.2.
Attendance and Make-up Policy: Class attendance is expected.
There will be no make-ups for quizzes and midterms.
Projects: There will be projects in the course. You are required to use Maple software to do the project.
Seed files of Lab 1 are the same as the seed files of "Lab 1" and "Lab 4" in the webpage:
"http://www.math.rutgers.edu/courses/252/syllabus.html"> homework assignment
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Your grade will be determined by the maximum of the two quantities Q1 and Q2.
Q1 = 20% first midterm + 20% second midterm + 20% quizz and project + 40% final
Q2 = 15% first midterm + 15% second midterm + 20% quizz and project + 50% final
The midterm exams will be scheduled on these dates: