Math 266, Section 53: Ordinary Differential Equations


Course Information

Professor: Kiril Datchev
Email: kdatchev@purdue.edu
Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-10:15 AM, in UNIV 119
Office hours: Wednesday and Thursday 10:30-11:30 AM, in MATH 602, or by appointment

Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (10th edition), by W. Boyce and R. DiPrima, with WileyPlus access code.

Grading

  • Hand-graded Homework: 100 points.
  • Online Homework: 100 points.
  • Midterm I, in class on February 17th: 100 points. Midterm review sheet
  • Midterm II, in class on March 31st: 100 points. Midterm review sheet
  • Final Exam, in ELLT 116, on May 5th from 7pm to 9pm : 200 points.

    Hand-Graded Homework

    Due Thursday mornings in class, or in MATH 602 by 11:30 AM. Here are the assignments:
    Jan 15 Nothing
    Jan 22 Section 1.1: #2, #5; Section 1.3: #8, #11; Section 2.1: #3, #24; Supplementary Problem A.
    Jan 29 Section 2.2: #10, #14, #28, #36; Section 2.3: #1, #2; Supplementary Problems B and C.
    Feb 5 Section 2.3: #16, #21, #22; Section 2.4: #17, #22ab; Section 2.5: #4, #22; Supplementary Problems D and E.
    Feb 12 Section 2.6: #18; Section 2.7: #20abd; Supplementary Problems F, G, H, and I.
    Feb 19 Nothing, but see the Midterm review sheet.
    Feb 26 Section 3.1: #19, #22; Section 3.2: #13, #14, #25; Section 3.3: #17, #23.
    Mar 5 Section 3.4: #5, #25; Section 3.5: #15, #21a, #22a; Section 3.6: #15; Supplementary Problem J.
    Mar 12 Section 3.7: #9, #28; Section 3.8: #7.
    Mar 19 Spring break.
    Mar 26 Section 6.1: #5b, #8; #15; Supplementary Problem K; Computer Project 1.
    Apr 2 Nothing, but see the Midterm review sheet.
    Apr 9 Section 6.2: #10, #21; Section 6.3: #1, #2, #18, #21, #23; Computer Project 2.
    Apr 16 Section 6.5: #14ab; Section 6.6: #4, #5; Section 7.2: #22, #23; Supplementary Problems L and M.
    Apr 23 Section 7.3: #17, #20; Section 7.5: #1, #4; Section 7.6: #2, #6; Supplementary Problem N.
    Apr 30 Supplementary Problems O and P; Computer Project 3.

    Online Homework

    Due Thursday evenings at 11:00 PM, the same days that Hand-Graded Homework is due. Each week it will be divided into two or three assignments, and you must complete them all. The assignments will be posted at WileyPlus and you can submit them there. You will first need to register for the course here. No more than fourteen days after you register, you will need a valid access code: you can either buy one from WileyPlus, in which case it comes with an electronic version of the textbook, or you can buy one bundled with a printed textbook from the campus bookstore.

    MATLAB

    You are enouraged to use MATLAB (or other computer programs or calculators) on your homework, and some homework assignments will include projects that require the use of MATLAB. However, no electronic devices of any kind are allowed on exams, so you will have to learn to do problems by hand as well. This page has links to the MATLAB programs and tutorials that we will use.

    Useful Links

  • Ground rules for Math 266. This includes information for students with disabilities.
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