Welcome Students

 

Mathematics 307 E 

 

Spring 2008

 

Introduction to Differential Equations

 

Instructor: Hongyu Liu

Lecture Time and Location: MWF 12:30am—1:20pm CDH 110B

Office Hours: MW 10:00am—11:00am and by appointment

Office: PDL C-528

Email: hyliu@math.washington.edu

Class Webpage: http://www.math.washington.edu/~hyliu/math307E.htm

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Textbook

   Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems

   By W. E. Boyce and R. C. DiPrima, 8th edition

 

Course Plan

Chapter 2: Sections 1—5, 7

Chapter 3: Sections 1,4,5,6,8,9

Chapter 6: Sections 1—4

 

Prerequisite  Math 125; Math 126 strongly recommended

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Grading Policy

Homework  20%

Midterm      35%

Final            45%

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Homework

Assigned weekly on Wednesday and due on the next Wednesday at the beginning of the class.

 

HW1   HW2  HW3  HW4  HW5

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Exam Schedule

    Midterm:  May 2 (Friday, in class, covering up to Chapter 3 Section 5)

      Final:  Thursday, June 12 2008, 8:30--10:20 am, CDH 110B, cumulative

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Lecture Notes

 

   Lecture 1  Lecture 2  Lecture 3  Lecture 4  Lecture 5  Lecture 6  Lecture 7  Lecture 8

  

   Lecture 9  Lecture 10  Lecture 11 and 12  Lecture 13 and 14   Lecture 15 and 16

 

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Midterm

 

1.  Practice Midterm                       2.  Key to Practice Midterm

 

3.  Midterm                                      4.  Key to Midterm

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Important

 

  1. Make ups are permitted only under exceptional circumstances.
  2. Late homework will not be accepted, but the lowest homework grade will be dropped.
  3. Feel free to work with other students on your homework, but you must write the solutions yourself.
  4. Grader will grad two or three problems out of each assignment carefully, and check the completeness of the remaining problems.
  5. A piece of note (8.5×11 inches, letter sized, one sided) will be allowed on the midterm and the final, along with a scientific (but not graphing) calculator.