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Wk. | Reading | R problems | HI problems | HI Due | Add problems, optional reading |
1 | Course website, pp. v thru top paragraph of p. vi (in Preface), Ch.1 |
§1.2, p.11, #1,2,3,4; be ready to discuss these on 3/30. §1.3 p.17, #1bc. |
§1.1, p.7, #5. §1.2, p.11, #5. §1.3, p.17, #2a. Problem A. |
F 3/30 | Read Appendix 1 (the physics behind the PDEs) if interested. §1.3, p.17, #1ad, 2b. |
2 | §§2.1 & 2.4; §§3.1 & 3.2 are optional this week. |
§1.3*, p.17, #5. §2.1*, p.31, #4,5,9. |
§1.3*, p.17, #4,6,7. §2.1*, p.31, #3,6,7,10. Problem B. |
F 4/6 | §1.3*, p.17, #3. |
3 | Ch. 2 through p.56; §2.6 optional. |
§2.2, p.37, #1,2,3. §2.4, pp.47-48, #1,3,12. |
§2.1, p.31, #18 (integrals for this one). §2.2, p.37, #4,7*. §2.3, pp.42-43, #2,5. Problems C & D. |
F 4/13 | §2.2, p.37, #5,6. If considering grad school in math, try §2.3, p.43, #6,7. §2.4, p.48, #2,6. |
4 | §2.5, §3.1. New homework guidelines Graphing from D'Alembert's formula, graphs used in class 4/18 |
§2.5, after doing #4, at least read #5 on p.57 |
§1.1, p.8, #6. §2.5, pp.56-57, #1,3,4,6. | F 4/20 | §2.5, after doing #1, compare answers in back
for #1 (copper) and #2 (ceramic) Read §2.6 |
5 | Ch. 3 (§3.6 optional) Notes on proof of Theorem 3.5, 4/25. |
§3.1, p.67, #1 | §3.1, p.67, #2,
Problem E. §3.2, p.71, #3,6,7. §3.3, p.80, #6. §4.2, p.113, #1*. |
F 4/27 | Try §3.1, p.68, #9 and §3.3, pp.79-80, #1,2,3 if these are interesting to you. |
6 | Start looking at §4.1. §§4.2-4.3. |
Study for the midterm on May 3. Problems F, G, H; §3.4, pp.85-86, #2,7; §4.2, p.108, #3,4; §4.3, p.114, #5. |
None because of Midterm. | §4.2, p.108, #2. §4.3, p.114, #6. | |
7 | Finish Chapter 4. Notes from lectures on Problem 3.5.5. |
§3.5, #5; Problem K. |
Problem G. §4.2, p. 108, #7*,8; §4.3, p. 114, #6; §4.4, p. 120, Problem L, #3*. |
F 5/11 | |
8 | Start Chapter 5 |
§3.5, p. 94, #10: Read the
paragraph before the problem! §4.4, p. 120, #5. Problems N & O. §4.5, p. 126, #3,4. |
F 5/18 | Chem & Physics students: you may want to read Example 3, pp. 125-126, then work on Exercise 6. §4.5, p. 126, #2. | |
9 | Ch. 5: pp. 127-133, and §§5.4-5.5 Example from class on 5/23. |
Study for Quiz on Friday 5/25. More info will be at Canvas by Monday. |
Problem M. §5.2, p.137, #4,8. §5.4, pp.148-149, #1*,2*. §5.5, p.157, #4,6. |
F 5/25 | Repeat Problem N with one changed BC: u(r_0,θ) = 3sin(2θ) |
10 | Ch. 6: see Reading Guide for Ch. 6. | Read §6.2, p. 173, #1, then do #2. Discussion & reassignment of Problem N. |
§6.2, p. 173, #6 & 7. §6.3, p. 183, #4 - explain why #7 in §6.2 applies. |
F 6/1 | §5.5, p. 157, #2 with ρ = δ = 3. |
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