MATH 266 Ordinary Differential Equations Spring 2013

Instructor: Daniel Szpruch

Office: MATH 606
Phone: 765-494-1966
Email: dszpruch@math.purdue.edu



Information

• Section 041: MWF 11:30 - 12:20 , UNIV 001. WileyPlus Student Flyer for Section 041.
• Section 053: MWF 12:30 - 1:20 , UNIV 001. WileyPlus Student Flyer for Section 053.
• Office hours: Tuesdays 10:00-11:00, Fridays 2:00-3:00 or by appointment
• Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, by W. Boyce and R. DiPrima, 10th or 9th edition, with WileyPLUS access code.
• Course syllabus
• Ground rules
• Math department MATH 266 homepage

 

Quizes

• Quiz 1, Friday 1/18. The quiz covered Sections 1.1,1.2,1.3,2.1 and 2.2. Section 041. Section 053.
• Quiz 2, Friday 2/1. The quiz covered Sections 2.3 and 2.4. Section 041. Section 053.
• Quiz 3, Monday 3/4. The quiz covered Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6. Section 041. Section 053.
• Quiz 4, Monday 3/25. The quiz covered Sections 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. Section 041. Section 053.
• Quiz 5, Friday 4/12. The quiz will cover Sections 6.1,6.2,6.3,6.4,6.5,6.6.

 

Midterm Exams

• Exam 1. Monday, 2/11. The exam covered every thing we studied from the beginning of the semester up to Section 2.6 (included).
• Exam2. Monday 4/1. The exam covered Section 2.7-6.2.

 

Final Exam

• Wednesday, May 1, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

 

Computer Projects

1. Project 1: Nonlinear Springs
2. Project 2: RLC Circuits
3. Project 3: Predator Prey Equations

 

Matlab Resources

• ode45
• Direction Field (dfield8)
• Phase Portraits (pplane8)
• Numerical Methods
• Addiational Matlab Programs

 

Homework

• Assignment sheet-10th edition
• Assignment sheet-9th edition
• Supplementary Problems
• Table of Laplace transform.

 

Tentative homework and projects due dates

Due Dates	WileyPlus Online Problems, Hand-Graded Problems, Projects
Jan 18	#1: Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,2.1 (Lessons 1-3)
Jan 25	#2: Section 2.2 (Lessons 4-5)
Feb 1	#3 :Section 2.3 (Lessons 6-7)
Feb 8	#4: Sections 2.4,2.5 (Lesson 8-9)
Feb 15	#5: Sections 2.6, 2,7 (Lesson 10-12)
Feb 22	#6: Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (Lesson 13-15)
Mar 1	#7: Sections 3,4, 3.5 (Lesson 16-17) [Hand written problems are due on Mar 4]
Mar 8	#8: Section 3.6 (Lesson 18)
Mar 22	#9: Sections 3.7, 3.8, Project 1 (Lesson 19-21)
Mar 29	#10: Sections 4,1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1 Project 2 (Lesson 22-24)
Apr 5	#11: Sections 6.2, 6.3 (Lesson 25-26)
Apr 12	#12: Sections 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, (Lesson 27-29)
Apr 19	#13: Sections 7.1&7.2 , 7.3&7.4, 7.5,
Apr 26	#14: Sections 7.6, 7.8, 7.9, Project 3

 

Tentative Course Schedule

Week	Date	Sections	Quizzes
1		1.1 & dfield8
		1.2, 1.3
2		2.1, 2.2	Quiz1: (Friday 1/18)
		2.2 & Quiz1
3		2.3, 2.4
		2.5
4		2.6, 2.7	Quiz2: (Friday 2/1)
		2.7 & Quiz2
5		3.1, 3.2
		3.2 & review
6		MIDTERM 1	Midterm Exam 1. Monday, 2/11, 8:00 pm. Location: ARMS 1010
		3.3
7		3.4, 3.5
		3.5
8		3.6, 3.7	Quiz 3: (Monday 3/4)
		3.7 & Quiz3
9		3.8
		4.1, 4.2
10		No class	Spring Break
		No class
11		4.3, 6.1, 6.2	Quiz4: 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
		6.2 & Quiz4
12		6.3, 6.4	Midterm Exam 2
		MIDTERM 2
13		6.5, 6.6
		7.1, 7.2
14		7.3	Quiz5: 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
		7.4 & Quiz5
15		7.5
		7.6, 7.8
16		7.9
		Review
17	Final exam week