MATH 480 — Applied Differential Equations

The class meets at 1pm MWF in 306 Addams Hall (Call no. 13715)

Textbook: "Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems" by W. Boyce and R DiPrima, 9th edition

Grading: 50% final exam, 2x20% midterm exams, 10% quizzes (given almost every Friday). The homework is not graded, however, quizzes will be based on homework problems.

Tentative syllabus and homework:
Week Chapter, homework problems
Week 1, Aug 24—28 5.1: 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 21, 25
5.2: 2, 8, 12, 21, 23
5.3: 6, 11, 17
5.4: 2, 6, 12, 21, 23
Week 2, Aug 31 — Sep 4 5.5: 1, 4, 9, 20
5.6: 2, 4
5.7: 3, 5
Week 3, Sep 9—11 5.8: 2, 6, 8 There is no section 5.8, sorry
7.1: 3, 6, 10
7.2: 2, 8, 11, 14, 22
Week 4, Sep 14—18 7.3: 1, 4, 6, 18, 22
7.4: 2ab, 6
7.5: 1, 5, 7, 15, 30
Week 5, Sep 21—25 7.6: 3, 9, 11abc, 14
7.7: 1, 11
7.8: 1, 7
Week 6, Sep 28 — Oct 2 First midterm, Chapters 5 and 7
Week 7, Oct 5—9 2.5: 2, 5
9.2: 2, 7, 9, 16
9.3: 2, 6, 5, 13, 16, 25
Week 8, Oct 12—16 9.4: 3, 12
9.5: 4
Week 9, Oct 19—23 9.6: 2, 4, 6
9.7: 1, 4, 11, 16
9.8: 1, 2, 4
Week 10, Oct 26—30 10.1: 1,3, 6, 8, 14, 16, 20
10.2: 13, 14
10.3: 1, 2, 13, 14
10.4: 1-6, 7, 9, 15, 18
Week 11, Nov 2—6 Second midterm, Chapters 9 and 10
Week 12, Nov 9—13 10.6: 1, 4, 8, 12
11.1: 3, 5, 8, 13
Week 13, Nov 16—20 11.2: 1, 4, 6, 11
11.3: 2, 10, 13, 19
Week 14, Nov 23—25 11.4: 1
11.5: 2, 3, 7
Week 15, Nov 30 — Dec 4 Overview and preparation for final exam