Differential Equations

Welcome to Differential Equations.

In these course pages you will find the course syllabus and a weekly schedule of assignments. Additionally, I will post fundamental definitions, axioms, theorems or interesting ideas developed in class. Remember that the class notes will be the most comprehensive and your primary reference.

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Daily assignments are listed below. Assignments can be added, deleted or modified as appropriate. Please note that there will be a quiz given each week, but may not be announced!

Day Assignment
1 Meet and Greet – Course Bureaucracy
2 Introduction to LaTeX
3 Basic Models: HW: Read 1.1; 1-19o. Within the next few days watch Lecture 1. Obtain a slope field program for your calculator from Dr. Krawczyk at the University of Arizona.
4 1.1; 21,23, 27-31o. Check your solutions to the word problems carefully. Is your model reasonable and under what conditions will it reflect reality?
5 Solutions to Differential Equations: HW: 1.2; 1-9o, 5 and 7 are special, how?
6 Solutions to Differential Equations: HW: 1.2; 11-19o. 17 shows up on AP Physics E&M exam.
7 Classification of Differential Equations. HW: 1.3; 1-18
8 Classification of Differential Equations. HW: 1.3; 19, 21-29. Consider 30-31
9 Review HW: redo any problems you found interesting or challenging
10 Linear Equations and Integrating Factors. HW: 2.1; 1,5,9,13,25. Watch Lecture 3
11 Linear Equations and Integrating Factors. HW: 2.1; 15,17,19
12 Separable Equations. HW: 2.2; 1-9o, 11,15. Watch Lecture 4
13 Separable Equations. HW: 2.2; 21-37o
14 Modeling with Differential Equations. HW: 2.3; 1-11o, Choose any of 5 of the 6 word problems. Watch Lecture 7
15 Modeling with Differential Equations. HW: 2.3; 13-19o, 20-22, Choose any 6 of the 7 word problems.
16 Modeling with Differential Equations. HW: 27-32, Choose any 3 of the 6. and 2.4; 1-13o, Watch Lecture 8
17 Differences between Linear and Non-linear Equations. HW: 2.4; 15, 27-29, 33
18 Autonomous Equations and Population Dynamics. HW: 2.5; 1-17o, (the hint in 17 is essential), watch Lecture 5
19 Autonomous Equations and Population Dynamics. HW: 2.5; 22-25
20 Autonomous Equations and Population Dynamics. HW: 2.5; 17, and 2.6; 1-7o
21 Exact Equations and Integrating Factors. HW: 2.6; 9-15o, 19,21,25,27, read 23
22 Euler’s Method. HW: 2.7; 1-13o, watch Lecture 2
23 The Existence and Uniqueness Theorems. HW: 2.8; 1-9o
24 First Order Difference Equations. HW: 2.9; 1-7o, 15 and Page 133; 1,3,5,8,9,11,14
25 First Order Difference Equations. HW: Page 133; 15,17,20,22,24,25,33,34
26 Review
27 Test
28 Second Order Linear Differential Equations. HW: Page 144; 3-6, 9,10,12,16,18,21,26,28
29 Homogeneous Second Order Differential Equations and the Wronskian. HW: Page 155; 4-6, 8,10, 13,15,16,21
30 Homogeneous Second Order Differential Equations and the Wronskian. HW: Page 156; 23, 25,26, 31,32, 33,34,36, 41, 46
31 Complex Roots. HW: Page 164; 7,8,12,14, 17,18,22
32 Complex Roots. HW: Page 165; 28,34,35,36
33 Repeated Roots. HW: Page 172; 3,4,6, 13,14, 15,16
34 Repeated Roots. HW: Page 173; 20-22, 25-27, 31,32
35 Nonhomogenous Second Order Linear Equations; Undetermined Coefficients. HW: Page 184;
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