Steve Bell's Math 266 class

MA 26600 930 (CRN 35485)    MWF 1:30-2:20 pm   in BRNG 2280

Ordinary Differential Equations

Professor Steve Bell OFFICE: Math 750 OFFICE PHONE: (765)-494-1497 E-MAIL: bell AT purdue DOT you_know_where OFFICE HOURS: T,Th 2:00-3:00 pm and via Piazza and by appointment

Textbook: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing
and Modeling 6e, Edwards, Penney, and Calvis
Plus MyLab with Pearson eText - 18-Week Access Card

bundled with online homework: Pearson MyLab,

Important links

• The AFTERMATH -- lecture notes and videos of Bell's tablet PC lectures

• The MA 266 Assignment sheet

• The MA 266 calendar

• The MA 266 Groundrules

• A quick student guide to Pearson MyLab Math

• Bell's Bell's MA 266 Piazza page

• Central MA 266 Home Page for all 266 sections at

  http://www.math.purdue.edu/MA266

Exam 1 was on Tuesday, February 24 in the Elliott Hall of Music.
It covered Lessons 1-16. Practice problems 1-16 were a good way
to prepare.

Exam 2 is on Tuesday, April 7 in the Elliott Hall of Music at 6:30 pm.
It covers Lessons 17-29. Practice problems 17-27 will help you prepare.

A seating chart for Exam 2 and the Practice problems are posted
on the Main MA 266 Home Page at

http://www.math.purdue.edu/MA266

Here is direct link to the Practice problems

Resources

Right click and save the m-file eul.m or click on this text file
and copy the text to a file named eul.m for use with MATLAB

... and here is a Matlab tutorial for using eul.m to implement Euler's method

Find more matlab tutorials at the Main MA 266 home page

A LaTeX tutorial for Piazza to be viewed in Adobe Reader in full screen mode a page at a time.

A quick MAPLE tutorial