Differential Equations 244

Review questions, old exams and other course materials:

• Homework assignments
  • Homework for exam 1 (dvi, pdf)
• Review questions
  • Exam 1 review questions (dvi, pdf)
  • Exam 2 review questions (dvi, pdf)
    Answers (dvi, pdf)
• Old exams
  • Exam 1 (1999) (dvi, pdf)
  • Exam 2 (1999) (dvi, pdf)
  • Final Exam (1999) (dvi, pdf)
• Maple
  • Using Maple in Mathematics 244
  • Assignments
    • Lab 0 (pdf)
    • Lab 1 (mws, pdf)
    • Lab 2 (mws, pdf)
    • Lab 3 (mws, pdf)
    • Lab 4 (mws, pdf)
    • Lab 5 (mws, pdf)
• S.O.S. Math
  • Differential equations
  • Nonhomogeneous linear differential equations
    • Method of undetermined coefficients for 2nd order linear equations
    • Variation of parameters for 2nd order linear equations
    • Method of undetermined coefficients for higher order linear equations
    • Variation of parameters for higher order linear equations
  • Laplace transforms
    • The Laplace transform
    • Applications of Laplace transforms to differential equations
  • Systems of differential equations
    • Introduction and motivation
    • Linear systems
    • Linear systems as matrix equations
    • Method of eigenvalues and eigenvectors
    • Sinks, saddles, spirals, and centers
  • Power series solutions
    • Introduction
    • Derivatives and index shifting
    • First examples
    • Airy's equation
    • Radius of convergence
    • Hermite's equation
• The Rutgers math 244 course materials.

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