• Course no. 13715 (undergrad.) and 20458 (grad) -- 12pm MWF -- 303 SH
• Instructor: Charles Tier
• Office: 720 SEO -- Office Hours: 1-2 MW or apt.
• e-mail: tier@uic.edu, phone: 6-2442

Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in Math 220 - understanding of ordinary differential equations.

Text: Boyce and DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations, 8th ed., 2004. (7th edition may be OK)

The course is an introduction to applied differential equations. The topics include:

1. series solutions of second order equations
2. systems of first order differential equations
3. nonlinear differential equations and stability
4. Brief discussion of partial differential equations and Fourier series
5. Sturm-Lioville eigenvalue problems
6. Green's function methods.
7. Applications.

• selected homework and quizzes (10%)
• 2 - one hour exams (50%)
• final exam (40%)

©2004 Charles Tier