Math 20D: Introduction to Differential Equations - Winter 2006.
A-Sections. Professor: Cristian D. Popescu

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General Information

Texts

Exams

Grading Weights

Practice Exams

Syllabus

       Approximate syllabus.   Please read the text BEFORE the lecture!
 week   ending
 Monday  Wednesday  Friday
  1
  Jan 13
 11.1   11.2
 11.3-11.4
  2
  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
  Feb 10
  1.2-1.3
  2.1
  2.2-2.3
  6
  Feb 17
  2.3
  2.5
  2.6-2.4
  7
   Feb 24
  Holiday
  3.1
  3.2-3.3
  8
  Mar 3
  Review
  Exam II
  3.4-3.5
  9
  Mar 10
  3.5
  3.6
  3.7
  10
  Mar 17
  5.1
  5.2-5.3
  6.1-6.2
 
 
  Final Exam
 
 

 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 !

Homework Assignments 

Notes: 

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.