MATH 266 Ordinary Differential Equations (Spring 2021)

Instructor: Ning Wei

Office: MATH 404
Email: wei307@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-3405

Information

Sec 904: MWF: 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM, SYNC ONLINE 
Sec OL4: MWF: ASYNC ONLINE 
Zoom Office Hour: Wednesday 10 am - 1 pm or by appointment 
Textbook: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling Tech Update 
Ground Rules 
MATH 266 Home Page 

Exam

There are two midterm exams and one final exam. All exams are administrated on Gradescope, link of which can be found at Brightspace Course home --> Content.
EXAM 1: 3/3/2021, window opens from 9:00 AM 3/3 -- 9:00 AM 3/4, on Gradescope, exam time: 1 hour 
EXAM 2: 4/7/2021, window opens from 9:00 AM 4/7 -- 9:00 AM 4/8, on Gradescope, exam time: 1 hour 
Final for 904: in person; time:  May 4, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm; location: PHYS 112. 
Final for OL4: Mymath Lab, window opens from 7:00 PM 5/4 -- 7:00 PM 5/5, exam time: 2 hour 

Past Exam Archive 

Homework

Online HW: Brightspace Login 
Hand-written HW: Assignment Sheet  (submitted to Gradescope by tutorial below)
Scan assignment tutorial 
Submit assignment tutorial 
Grader:  Huynh,Thao Minh (huynh40@purdue.edu)

Projects

Nonlinear Springs (due date: 3/15/2021) 
RLC Circuits (due date: 04/02/2021)  
Predator Prey Equations (due date: 4/26/2021)  

Course Schedule

Note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change if needed.
Week Date Section Online Homework Handwritten Homework Due Date
1 01/20 1.1 HW1 01/29
01/22 1.2 HW2 HW02 (35,37)
2 01/25 1.3 HW3 HW03 (27,30) 02/05
01/27 1.4 HW4 HW04 (29,49)
01/29 1.5 HW5 HW05 (27)
3 02/01 1.5, 1.6 HW6 HW06 (37,45) 02/12
02/03 1.6 HW7
02/05 1.6 HW8 HW08 (56,59)
4 02/08 2.1 HW9 HW09 (30,31) 02/19
02/10 2.2 HW10 HW10 (17,19)
02/12 2.3 HW11 HW11 (9)
5 02/15 2.3, 2.4 02/26
02/17 No Class (reading days)
02/19 2.4, 2.5 HW12 HW12 (28)
6 02/22 3.1 HW13 HW13 (51,52,54) 03/05
02/24 3.2 HW14 HW14 (19,41)
02/26 3.3 HW15
7 03/01 Review I 03/12
03/03 No Class (Exam 1)
03/05 3.3 HW16 HW16 (58)
8 03/08 3.4 HW17 HW17(35) 03/19
03/10 3.5 HW18 HW18 (21, 22, 24, 29)
03/12 3.5 HW19 HW19 (54, 61)
9 03/15 3.5, 3.6 HW20 HW20 (11,12) 03/26
03/17 3.6 HW 21
03/19 3.6, 4.1 HW22, HW23 HW23 (27,30)
10 03/22 4.2 04/02
03/24 5.1 HW24 HW24 (23, 32)
03/26 5.1, 5.2 HW25 HW25 (29)
11 03/29 5.2 04/09
03/31 5.2 HW26 HW26 (8, 11, 24)
04/02 5.5 HW27 HW27 (2, 3, 4)
12 04/05 Review II 04/16
04/07 No Class (Exam II)
04/09 5.3 HW28 HW28 (19, 20, 27)
13 04/12 5.6 HW29 HW29 (22, 26) 04/23
04/14 5.6, 5.7, 7.1 HW30, HW31 HW30 (25), HW31 (19, 29)
04/16 7.1, 7.2 HW32 HW32 (19, 20, 23)
14 04/19 7.2, 7.3 HW33 HW33 (31) 04/30
04/21 7.3, 7.4 HW34 HW34 (8, 17, 19, 37)
04/23 7.5 7.6 HW35, HW36 HW35 (17, 21), HW36 (7, 11)
14 04/26 Final review part I
04/28 Final review part II
04/30 Final review part III