Math 20D: Introduction to Differential Equations - Winter 2006.
A-Sections. Professor: Cristian D. Popescu
General Information Texts Syllabus
Homework MATLAB Exams Grading Weights
General Information
- Office Hours:
Professor: Cristian Popescu, MW
11:00-12:00 in AP&M 6256. Phone: 858-534-6247. E-mail:
cpopescu@math.ucsd.edu.
TA for A01-02: Caleb
Emmons, MW 3-4:30 and by appointment, in AP&M 5760.
E-mail: cemmons@math.ucsd.edu.
TA for A03-04: Barry Smith, M 1-2, W 9-11 (AP&M 5802), M
12-12:50 (CLICS, Mezzanine). E-mail: barryrsmith@gmail.com
Texts
Approximate
syllabus. Please read the text BEFORE the lecture!
week |
ending
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Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
1
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Jan 13
|
11.1 |
11.2
|
11.3-11.4 |
2
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Jan 20
|
Holiday
|
11.5 |
11.6-11.7 |
3
|
Jan 27
|
11.8-9 |
11.10 |
11.12 |
4
|
Feb 3
|
Review
|
Exam 1
|
1.1-1.2
|
5
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Feb 10
|
1.2-1.3
|
2.1
|
2.2-2.3
|
6
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Feb 17
|
2.3
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2.5
|
2.6-2.4
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7
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Feb 24
|
Holiday
|
3.1
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3.2-3.3
|
8
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Mar 3
|
Review
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Exam II
|
3.4-3.5
|
9
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Mar 10
|
3.5
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3.6
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3.7
|
10
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Mar 17
|
5.1
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5.2-5.3
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6.1-6.2
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Final Exam
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FINAL EXAM: Monday, March 20, 8-11am. Location:
PCYNH 106.
Final exam topics: all sections covered in class, except for Sections
6.1-6.2
(Boyce and DiPrima).
You will be provided with a sheet
with formulae identical to this one !
Please DO NOT bring your own formula sheet !
HW #1 Due on Jan 19. Leonardo
Fibonacci (1170-1250) lived in Pisa, Italy.
Stewart 5th ed.
11.1 # 3, 13, 16, 19, 32,
42, 46, 54, 59, 63
11.2 # 8, 21, 27, 39, 65
11.3 # 2, 7,17, 20, 25, 29, 32
11.4 # 4, 21, 29, 36
MATLAB #1
HW #2 Due on Jan 26. Bernhard
Riemann (1826-1866) lived in Germany.
Stewart 5th ed.
11.5 # 3, 13, 30, 32
11.6 # 7, 8, 20, 31
11.7 #2, 9, 12, 25. 26, 31
MATLAB #2
HW #3 Due on Feb 2. Brook
Taylor (1685-1731) lived in England.
Stewart 5th ed.
11.8 #3, 12,25, 29, 35
11.9 # 2, 4, 11, 20,
37
11.10 #2, 7, 8, 14, 34
11.12 #25, 26, 27, 29, 31
MATLAB #3
Exam 1 - Wednesday, Feb. 1. Topics - sections 11.1-11.12
(except for 11.11) from Stewart. Sample
Midterm I. More old
exams.
CALCULATORS, NOTEBOOKS, OR TEXTBOOKS ARE NOT
ALLOWED.
HW #4
Due on Feb 9. The Bernoulli family
Jacob,
Johann ,
Nicolaus ,
Daniel ,
Nicolaus(II) ,
Johann(II) ,
Johann(III) ,
Jacob(II) lived mostly in Switzerland around 1700.
Boyce & DiPrima 7th ed.
1.1 # 4, 6, 22
1.2 #1
1.3 # 1, 2, 5, 7, 8,
9, 11, 12
MATLAB#4
HW #5 Due on Feb 16. Josef
Wronski was born 1778 in Poland and lived mostly in France.
Boyce & DiPrima 8th ed.
2.1 # 3, 6, 10
2.2 # 3, 10, 11
2.3 # 7, 14
MATLAB #5
HW #6 Due on Feb 23. Niels
Abel was born 1802 in Norway and died at the age of 27. Last
year, the Norwegian government began funding a yearly million dollar Abel Prize for
mathematics.
It is hoped to become the analogue of the Nobel Prize in the
other sciences.
Boyce & DiPrima 8th ed.
2.4 # 25, 27, 29
2.5 # 3, 4
2.6 # 4, 10, 21
HW #7 Due on Mar 2. Pierre
Laplace (1749-1827) lived in France.
Boyce & DiPrima 8th ed.
3.1 # 1, 4, 8, 17, 21
MATLAB #6
Exam 2 -
Wednesday, Mar 1. Topics - Sections 1.1-1.3, 2.1-2.6
3.1-3.3 of Boyce
& DiPrima. Sample Midterm II.
More old
exams.
CALCULATORS, NOTEBOOKS, OR
TEXTBOOKS ARE
NOT ALLOWED.
HW #8. Due on
Mar 9.
Boyce and DiPrima, 8th ed.
3.2 # 2, 4, 9, 10
3.3 # 1, 4, 6, 15, 16
3.4 # 1, 10, 22, 28, 29
HW #9 Due on Mar 16.
Boyce & DiPrima 8th ed.
3.5 # 6, 14, 18, 38
3.6 # 6, 13, 32, 33, 35
3.7# 1, 2, 5, 10
5.1 # 17, 21, 22, 28
MATLAB #7
HW #10
(will not be collected).
Boyce and DiPrima, 8th ed.
5.2 # 1, 2, 11, 19, 22
5.3 # 1, 4, 7, 10, 18
6.1 #
6.2 #
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Review Session for
final exam: Saturday, March 18, 1:00-2:30pm; PCYNH 106.
Final Exam schedule and location: Monday, March 20, 8-11am, in PCYNH
106. Sample Final Exam with Solutions. More
old
exams.
Final exam topics: all sections
covered
in
class, except for 6.1-6.2 (Boyce and DiPrima text.)
You will be provided with a sheet with
formulae
identical to this one ! Please DO NOT
bring
your own formula sheet !
CALCULATORS,
NOTEBOOKS,
OR
TEXTBOOKS ARE NOT ALLOWED.