MA 30400 004 23341 TTh 12:00--1:15pm, LILY G432
Professor Zhiqiang Cai
OFFICE: Math 412
OFFICE PHONE: (765)494-1921
OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday and Thursday 1:30-2:30pm
E-MAIL: zcai@math.purdue.edu
URL:
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~zcai
Grader: Jing Wang
Grader's OFFICE: MATH 643
Grader's OFFICE HOUR: Wed. 1:30-2:30pm
Grader's E-MAIL:
wang321@math.purdue.edu
TEXTBOOK 1: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, by Boyce and DiPrima, 9th Edition, John Wiley and Sons.
TEXTBOOK 2: Ordinary Differential Equations using MATLAB, by Polking and Arnold, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall.
Text Book Assignments (9th Edition) Text Book Assignments (8th Edition) (10.4 is due on 11/5, 10.5 is due on 11/10, 10.6 is due on 11/12, 10.7 is due on 11/17, 10.8 is due on 11/19.)
Solution of Exam 1A (Exam 1 is at ARMS 1010 from 6pm to 7:15pm on Tuesday (9/29/09) and it covers sections from 5.1 to 5.4 and section 7.3. )
Solution of Exam 2 (Exam 2 is at ABE 204 from 6pm to 7:15pm on Tuesday (10/27/09) and it covers sections 7.5--7.9 and 10.1)
There will be two midterms (9/29 and 10/27 at 6pm) and one final. No notes, books, or calculators will be allowed during exams. Each midterm will be worth 100 points and the final 200 points, and the homework grade will be scaled to 100 points, making a total of 500 points for the whole course.