Steve Bell's Math 266 class

MA 26600 151 (CRN 22091)    MWF 10:30-11:20 am   in UNIV 003

Ordinary Differential Equations

Professor Steve Bell
OFFICE: Math 750
OFFICE PHONE: (765)-494-1497
OFFICE HOURS: M,W,Th 2:00-3:00 pm or by appointment
E-MAIL: bell AT math DOT purdue DOT you_know_where
URL: http://www.math.purdue.edu/~bell

Grader: Wei-Cheng Chu
E-MAIL: chu116 AT purdue DOT you_know_where

TEXTBOOK: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 10e
with WebAssign, Boyce and DiPrima, 10th Edition.

MA 266 Main Home Page at

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

The AFTERMATH -- scribbled over notes from Bell's tablet PC at the end of lecture and boilercasts.

MA 266 Final Exam, Thursday, May 3,
1:00-3:00 pm in the
Elliott Hall of Music

The final exam is a 20 question multiple choice exam
covering Lessons 1-35. Bring #2 pencils and erasers.
You are not allowed to use notes or crib sheets. This

Table of Laplace transforms

will be given as the last page of the exam.

Our section will sit near the stage as shown in this
seating chart.

Bell's MA 266 calendar

Written homework assignments due in class


 HWK 1:  Lessons 1,2,3    due Wednesday, January 17
 HWK 2:  Lessons 4,5      due Wednesday, January 24
 HWK 3:  Lessons 6,7,8    due Wednesday, January 31
 HWK 4:  Lessons 9,10,11  due Wednesday, February 7
 HWK 5:  Lesson 12        due Wednesday, February 14
 HWK 6:  Lessons 13,14,15 due Wednesday, February 21
 HWK 7:  Lessons 16,17,18 due Wednesday, February 28
 HWK 8:  Lessons 20,21    due Wednesday, March 7
 Project 1:               due Tuesday, March 20, 11:00 pm on Blackboard
 HWK 9:  Lessons 23,24    due Wednesday, March 28
 Project 2:               due Friday, March 30, 11:00 pm on Blackboard
 HWK 10: Lessons 25,26,27 due Wednesday, April 4
 HWK 11: Lessons 28,29,30 due Wednesday, April 11
 HWK 12: Lessons 31,32    due Wednesday, April 18
 HWK 13: Lessons 33,34,35 due Wednesday, April 25
 Project 3:               due Thursday, April 26, 11:00 pm on Blackboard

Projects due on Blackboard


 Project 1:  due Tuesday, March 20, 11:00 pm on Blackboard
 Project 2:  due Friday, March 30, 11:00 pm on Blackboard
 Project 3:  due Thursday, April 26, 11:00 pm on Blackboard

WebAssign homework due dates (at 11:00 pm)


 Lessons 1 and 2    due Thursday, January 11
 Lesson 3           due Tuesday, January 17
 Lesson 4           due Thursday, January 18
 Lesson 5           due Monday, January 22
 Lessons 6 and 7    due Thursday, January 25
 Lesson 8           due Monday, January 29
 Lessons 9 and 10   due Thursday, February 1
 Lesson 11          due Monday, February 5
 Lesson 12          due Monday, February 12
 Lessons 13 and 14  due Thursday, February 15
 Lesson 15          due Monday, February 19
 Lessons 16 and 17  due Thursday, February 22
 Lesson 18          due Monday, February 26
 Lessons 19 and 20  due Thursday, March 1
 Lesson 21          due Monday, March 5
 Lessons 22 and 23  due Thursday, March 8
 Lesson 24          due Monday, March 26
 Lessons 25 and 26  due Thursday, March 29
 Lesson 27          due Monday, April 2
 Lessons 28 and 29  due Thursday, April 5
 Lesson 30          due Monday, April 9
 Lessons 31         due Thursday, April 12
 Lesson 32          due Monday, April 16
 Lessons 33 and 34  due Thursday, April 19
 Lesson 35          due Monday, April 23

Exam 2 covered Lessons 13-23

Practice problems for Exam 2 and answers and solutions
The actual Exam 2 and solutions

You can find old MA 266 final exams archived at

Old MA 266 Final Exams

In particular, links to answers to the exams from Spring
and Fall 2015 and 2017 can be found there. Here are some
good problems/answers on which to test yourself:

 
Fall 2015: 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. C
Fall 2017: 7. C 8. D 9.  B 10. E 11. A 12. E 13. D

Exam 1 covered Lessons 1-11

Practice problems for Exam 1 and solutions
The actual Exam 1 and solutions

Resources

A quick MAPLE tutorial

Bell's MA 266 Piazza page

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

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.
See the main MA 266 home page for a tutorial.

Grading policies

Written homework will be collected roughly once a week.
Only 4 problems will be graded by the grader per week.
Each problem will be worth five points and so each
written homework assignment will be graded on a scale
of 0 to 20. See the Groundrules on the main MA 266 Home
Page for more information about grades and grading.

There will be two in-class midterm exams and one final exam.
No notes, books, or calculators will be allowed during exams.
Each hour exam will be worth 100 points, the homework, project,
quizzes grade will be scaled to 200 points, and the final will
be worth 200 points, making a total of 600 points for the
whole course.