Home Page of MA303, Fall 2011

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR ENGINEERING AND THE SCIENCES

Announcements:
  • Please send HW related questions to TA at gpoghota@math.purdue.edu.
  • There is a 2 week grace period for WileyPlus. So you can register now and pay later, around labor day.
  • In general, workout problems are due Fridays at beginning of the class (10:30am)
  • In general, online homeworks are due on midnight on Sundays (1am on Mondays). They are posted on WileyPlus
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    Professor: Dr. Min Chen

    Office: MATH 418
    Office hours: MWF: 2-3pm
    Mailbox location: MATH 419     		Phone: 41964
    E-mail: chen@math.purdue.edu

    TA: Gayane Poghotanyan (9/30--)

    Office: MATH MATH713

    Mailbox location: MATH 8th floor
    E-mail: gpoghota@math.purdue.edu

    Direct access to this site:

    http://www.math.purdue.edu/~chen/ma303/syl.html

    Text Books:

    Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 9th edition, by Boyce-DiPrima, Wiley, ISBN: 0470383348.

    Tests:

    There are two in-class midterm exams and a comprehensive final exam. Calculators, books and notes are not allowed during the exams. Laplace transform table will be provided when it is needed.

    Important Dates Test 1 Sep. 28, 10:30--11:20 at MATH175
    Test 2 Nov. 2, 10:30--11:20 at MATH175
    Final Exam Dec. 16, Friday, 8--10am at STEW 183

    Grading Policy:

    Your course grade will be determined as follows: 20% from each mid-term exam, 30% from the final exam, 30% from homeworks (20% for online homework and 10% for workout problems).

    Homework:

  • Homeworks consist of two parts. One is online homework and the other is working out problems. They will be gradually assigned as the course progresses.
  • Work out homeworks will be collected every Friday in class. Late homeworks will not be accepted (the full credit for homework will be 95%).
  • Attendance and doing homework assignments are very important for your success in this class.

    • Online homework (WileyPLUS):

  • Registration codes for WileyPLUS are supplied with most new textbooks or can be purchased separately on the WileyPLUS website.
  • (In addition to registering yourself at Purdue University,) please register at the Wiley Plus Web-Site: http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls232349. Make sure you are registering to my (Chen's) section. Some information about registration can be found here.
  • The online homeworks are mostly multiple choice problems, with only 3 attempts allowed (100% credit potential for the first two attemps and 80% credit for the third attempt). 50% deduction will be automatically taken for late online homeworks.

    • Make-up Policy:

    There will be no make-up exams except in extreme circumstances (such as: death in immediate family, military obligation, etc.) at the discretion of the instructor. The instructor has to be informed IN ADVANCE by e-mail. You will be asked to provide proper documentation.

    Class material:

    Lesson 1 (Aug. 22): Syllabus and 5.1
    Lesson 2 (Aug. 24): 5.1 and 5.2
    Lesson 3 (Aug. 26): 5.2
    Lesson 4 (Aug. 29): 5.2
    Lesson 5 (Aug. 31): 5.3 and 5.4
    Lesson 6 (Sep. 2): 5.4 and 5.5
    Lesson 7 (Sep. 7): 5.5 and Theorem 5.6.1 in 5.6

    Lesson 8 (Sep. 9): 6.1
    Lesson 9 (Sep. 12): 6.2
    Lesson 10 (Sep. 14): 6.3
    Lesson 11 (Sep. 16): 6.4
    Lesson 12 (Sep. 19): 6.5
    Lesson 13 (Sep. 21): 6.6

    Lesson 14 (Sep. 23): Review
    Lesson 15 (Sep. 26): Review
    Lesson 16 (Sep. 28): Midterm 1

    Lesson 17 (Sep. 30): 7.1
    Lesson 18 (Oct. 3): 7.2
    Lesson 19 (Oct. 5): 7.3
    Lesson 20 (Oct. 7): 7.4
    Lesson 21 (Oct. 12): 7.5
    Lesson 22 (Oct. 14): 7.6
    Lesson 23 (Oct. 17): 7.7
    Lesson 24 (Oct. 19): 7.8
    Lesson 25 (Oct. 21): 9.1, 9.2, 7.9
    Lesson 26 (Oct. 24): 7.9
    Lesson 27 (Oct. 26): 8.1
    Lesson 28 (Oct. 28): 8.2, 8.3
    Lesson 29 (Oct. 31): Review
    Lesson 30 (Nov. 2): Midterm 2

    Lesson 31 (Nov. 4): 10.1
    Lesson 32 (Nov. 7): 10.2
    Lesson 33 (Nov. 9): 10.2
    Lesson 34 (Nov. 11): 10.3
    Lesson 35 (Nov. 14): 10.4
    Lesson 36 (Nov. 16): 10.5
    Lesson 37 (Nov. 18): 10.5
    Lesson 38 (Nov. 21): 10.6
    Lesson 39 (Nov. 28): 10.7
    Lesson 40 (Nov. 30): 10.7
    Lesson 41 (Dec. 2): 10.8
    Lesson 42 (Dec. 5): 10.8
    Lesson 43 (Dec. 7): Review
    Lesson 44 (Dec. 9): Review
    Final Exam: (Dec. 16)

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