Course Information.
Instructor: Joshua Flynn
Office Hours: M: 08:00-09:00, WF: 09:00-10:00 (or by appointment)
Office: 322 Montieth
Email: Check your email. I will have emailed you before. (How’d you get here anyways?)
Course Syllabus: This webpage
Textbook: A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications 11E, Dennis G. Zill
Course Schedule.
Warning: this schedule will be modified throughout the semester. The same goes for some WebAssign due dates and possibly exam dates.
Week 1:
Jan 20 – Jan 26
Tasks:
1) Read sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 by Friday
2) Review Calculus 1 and 2.
Suggested Problems 1.1: 5, 7, 10, 14, 15, 24, 37; 1.2: 1, 6, 9, 19, 25; 1.3: the sections: Population Dynamics, Newton’s Law of Cooling, Mixtures, Additional Mathematical Models.
Week 2:
Jan 27 – Feb 2
Tasks:
1) Read sections 2.1, 2.2 by Friday
2) Complete WebAssign 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 by Wednesday
Suggested Problems: 2.1: 1, 3, 5, 6 (by hand); 2.2: 6, 23, 26.
Week 3:
Feb 3 – Feb 9
Tasks:
1) Read sections 2.3, 2.4 by Friday
2) Complete WebAssign 2.1, 2.2 by Wednesday
Suggested Problems: 2.3: 16, 25, 30; 2.4: 8, 13, 24, 27
Week 4:
Feb 10 – Feb 16
Reading: 2.5
Tasks:
1) Read section 2.5 by Friday
2) Complete WebAssign 2.3, 2.4 by Wednesday
Suggested Problems: 2.5: 9, 13, 17, 20, 24, 25.
Do problem 35 for fun–it will help you gain a more solid understanding of substitution methods.
Week 5:
Feb 17 – Feb 23
Reading: 2.6
Exam 1 in class on Friday
WebAssign 1.1 – 2.6 due: Feb 24 (Sunday)
Tasks:
1) Read section 2.6 by Wednesday
2) Complete WebAssign 2.6 by Wednesday
Suggested Problems: 2.6: 1, 2, 3
Exam Material:
Practice Exam: practice_exam1
Practice Exam Key: practice_exam1_key
Review Notes: Spring 2019 Math 2410 Exam 1 Review
Exam 1: solutions
Week 6:
Feb 24 – Mar 2
Reading: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Tasks:
1) Read sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 by Friday
Suggested Problems: 3.1: 3, 15, 32; 3.2: WebAssign problems; 3.3: 9, WebAssign problems
Week 7:
Mar 3 – Mar 9
Reading: 4.1, 4.3
Tasks:
1) Read sections 4.1, 4.3 by Friday
2) Complete WebAssign 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 by Wednesday
Suggested Problems: 4.1: 2, 5, 6, 14, 16, 19, 35; 4.3: 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 17, 25, 37, 57
Optional Problems:
a) Using the Wronskian, prove: if a,b,c are distinct real numbers, then exp(ax), exp(bx), and exp(cx) are linearly independent on (-oo,+oo).
b) 4.3.64
Week 8:
Mar 10 – Mar 16
Reading: 4.4, 4.6
Tasks:
1) Read sections 4.4, 4.6 by Friday
2) Complete WebAssign 4.1, 4.3 by Wednesday
Suggested Problems: 4.4: 7, 13, 24; 4.6: 11, 15, 21
Optional Problems:
a) 4.4: 41 and 42.
Week 9:
Mar 17 – Mar 23
Spring Break
Week 10:
Mar 24 – Mar 30
Reading: 5.1
Exam 2 in class on Friday
WebAssign 3.1 – 4.6, 5.1 due: Mar 31 Sunday
Tasks:
1) Read section 5.1 by Wednesday
2) Complete WebAssign 5.1 by Wednesday
Suggested problem: 5.1: 3, 5, 21-24, 27, 35
Optional Problems: 39, 43
Exam Material:
Practice Exam: practice_exam2
Practice Exam Key: practice_exam2_key
Review Notes: exam2handout
Exam 2: solutions
Week 11:
Mar 31 – Apr 6
Reading: 7.1, 7.2
Tasks:
1) Read sections 7.1, 7.2 by Friday
Suggested Problems: 7.1: 23, 32; 7.2: 8, 18, 36, 42
Optional Problems: 7.1: 41, 42, 45 (These are really good problems–it shows how we sometimes go from an integer value identities to fractional analogues).
Week 12:
Apr 7 – Apr 13
Reading: 7.3, 7.4
Tasks:
1) Read sections 7.3, 7.4 by Friday
Suggested Problems: 7.3: 7, 9, 12, 23, 37, 40, 47, 63; 7.4: 6, 10, 22, 26, 29, 42, 57, 58
Optional Problems: 7.4: 65, 71
Week 13:
Apr 14 – Apr 20
Reading: Typed Notes 2.1-3.5
Tasks:
1) Read Typed Notes 2.1-3.5 by Friday
2) Complete all the Typed Notes’ Chapter 2 problem by Apr 22
Suggested Problems: Exercises from Typed Notes
Week 14:
Apr 21 – Apr 27
Reading: Typed Notes 3.6
Tasks:
1) Read Types Notes 3.6 by Wednesday
2) Complete all the Typed Notes’ Chapter 3 problems by Apr 29
Suggested Problems: Exercises from Typed Notes
Week 15:
Apr 28 – May 4
Exam 3 in class on Friday
WebAssign 7.1-7.4 due: May 5
Exam Material:
Practice Exam: practice_exam3 (Typo fixed on equation sheet for single eigenvalue case; this typo is not fixed on the key)
Practice Exam Key: practice_exam3_key (Typo fixed in prob 1)
Review Notes:
Exam 2:
Lecture Notes.
Note: These lecture notes are not a substitute for the text. They are written for me to reference in class, but they may be useful in case you missed class. There also may be tpyos.
Chapter 1
Lecture Notes 1.3 & Supplemental (In Class Examples)
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Lecture Notes 3.1 & Supplemental (In Class Examples)
Lecture Notes 3.2 & Supplemental (In Class Examples)
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 7
Supplemental (Hyperbolic Trig)
Supplemental (Properties of Laplace Transforms)
Introduction to Systems of Differential Equations
The Wave Equation
Homework Policy.
WebAssign:
Assigned: Weekly
Due: Sunday after respective exam
Extension policy: Through WebAssign, there is an automated 7 day extension request system. You must make an extension request before the assignment is due. There is a 15% penalty on the problems not completed by the due date.
Textbook:
Assigned: Weekly
Due: Optional
Exams.
Late Policy: There will (generally) be no make-up exams granted. If you have to miss an exam for a legitimate reason, other exams may be weighted differently. Other options may be discussed if necessary.
Challenging a Grade on Exams: From the time your exam is returned, you have 48 hours to challenge your grade. After 48 hours, your exam grade will not be subject to change.
Calculators: No calculators allowed during exams.
Grading.
Breakdown:
25%: WebAssign Assignments
25%: Exam 1 (Week 5)
25%: Exam 2 (Week 10)
25%: Exam 3 (Week 15)
| Grade | Letter Grade | GPA |
| 93-100 | A | 4.0 |
| 90-92 | A- | 3.7 |
| 87-89 | B+ | 3.3 |
| 83-86 | B | 3.0 |
| 80-82 | B- | 2.7 |
| 77-79 | C+ | 2.3 |
| 73-76 | C | 2.0 |
| 70-72 | C- | 1.7 |
| 67-69 | D+ | 1.3 |
| 63-66 | D | 1.0 |
| 60-62 | D- | 0.7 |
| <60 | F | 0.0 |
Remaining Syllabus:
Student Responsibilities and Resources:
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- The Student Code: Academic Integrity, Resources on Avoiding Cheating and
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J L FLYNN 