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Fall 2019: MA 26600

Course Information

Course Description: Credit Hours: 3.00. First order equations, second and n’th order linear equations, series solutions, solution by Laplace transform, systems of linear equations. It is preferable but not required to take MA 265 either first or concurrently. Not open to students with credit in MA 262, 272, 360, 361, or 366. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
Official Course Web Page
- Ground Rules
- Assignment Sheet
- Computer Projects: 1, 2, 3
Textbook: Edwards, Penney, Calvis, Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling, Tech Update, 5th edition.
MyLabMath: Online homework and and electronic copy of the textbook
- Quick MyLabMath Student Access Guide
Resources:
- Practice Problems for Midterm Exam 1 (Updated 10/01)
  - Solutions
- Practice Problems for Midterm Exam 2 (Updated 11/09)
  - Solutions
- See also Past Exam Archive

Information for Sections 076 and 077

Lecture Times: MWF 10:30am–11:20pm (Section 076), 11:30am–12:20pm (Section 077), in REC 307
Office Hours: MWF 12:30–1:30pm in MATH 827
Homework: There will be 36 online homework assignments in MyLabMath (deadlines are in MyMathLab as well as in the Calendar below)
Projects: There will be 3 computer projects, to be submitted in class
Exams: There will be two midterm exams (see Calendar) and a course-wide common final exam (in the finals week 12/9–12/14).
Grades: Course grades is based on the Total Score (100 points), distributed as follows

Total Score = Online Homework (20%) + 3 Projects (5%) + 2 Midterm Exams (40%) + Final Exam (35%)

Assignment of the Grade: The scores will be uniformized across different sections by using the following procedure. (i) The number of particular letter grades (A, B, …) in each section is based on the Final Exam score across all sections of the course by using a course–wide Final Exam curve. (ii) The letter grades within each section are then determined based on the Total Score.

Calendar

Subject to change: please check regularly for updated information. See the Assignment Sheet for the content of the homework assignmenments.

(Last updated: 11/17/2019)

Date	Lecture	Online Homework (MyLabMath 10pm)	Projects (Submit in class)
08/19, Mon	Sec 1.1
08/21, Wed	Sec 1.2
08/23, Fri	Sec 1.3
08/26, Mon	Sec 1.4	HW01, HW02, HW03
08/28, Wed	Sec 1.5 (part 1)	HW04
08/30, Fri	Sec 1.5 (part 2)	HW05
09/02, Mon	Labor Day
09/04, Wed	Sec 1.6 (part 1)	HW06
09/06, Fri	Sec 1.6 (part 2)	HW07
09/09, Mon	Sec 2.1	HW08
09/11, Wed	Sec 2.2	HW09
09/13, Fri	Sec 2.3	HW10
09/16, Mon	Sec 2.4, 2.5	HW11
09/18, Wed	Sec 3.1	HW12
09/20, Fri	Sec 3.2	HW13
09/23, Mon	Sec 3.3 (part 1)	HW14
09/25, Wed	Sec 3.3 (part 2)	HW15
09/27, Fri	Sec 3.4	HW16
09/30, Mon	Sec 3.5 (part 1)	HW17
10/02, Wed	Review for Exam 1
10/03, Thu	Exam 1, 6:30–7:30pm, PHYS 114 (covers Sec 1.1–1.6, 2.1–2.5, 3.1–3.4)
10/04, Fri	No class
10/07, Mon	October Break
10/09, Wed	Exam 1 Discussion
10/11, Fri	Sec 3.5 (part 2)	HW18
10/14, Mon	Sec 3.6 (part 1)	HW19	Project 1
10/16, Wed	Sec 3.6 (part 2)	HW20
10/18, Fri	Sec 4.1 (part 1)	HW21
10/21, Mon	Sec 4.1 (part 2), 4.2	HW22
10/23, Wed	Sec 5.1	HW23
10/25, Fri	Sec 5.2 (part 1)	HW24	Project 2
10/28, Mon	Sec 5.2 (part 2)	HW25
10/30, Wed	Sec 5.5	HW26
11/01, Fri	Sec 5.3	HW27
11/04, Mon	Sec 5.6	HW28
11/06, Wed	Sec 5.7	HW29
11/08, Fri	Sec 7.1	HW30
11/11, Mon	Sec 7.2	HW31
11/13, Wed	Review for Exam 2
11/13, Wed	Exam 2, 6:30–7:30pm, MATH 175 (covers Sec 3.5–3.6, 4.1–4.2, 5.1–5.7, 7.1)
11/15, Fri	Sec 7.3
11/18, Mon	Sec 7.4	HW32
11/20, Wed	Exam 2 Discussion	HW33
11/22, Fri	Sec 7.5	HW34	Project 3
11/25, Mon	No class
11/27, Wed	Thanksgiving
11/29, Fri	Thanksgiving
12/02, Mon	Sec 7.6	HW35
12/04, Wed	Review for Final	HW36
12/06, Fri	Review for Final