Math 307A/307C

I am teaching two courses of Math 307, Introduction to Differential Equations. Both courses are in LOW 201, on MWF. 307A meets 9:30-10:30 and 307C meets 10:30-11:30. I will hold office hours at my office, Padelford C-430, on Mondays at 2:30.

Grading, course expectations

Since this is an upper division course more of the responsibility for doing well falls on you. In particular, I will base the course grade on:

midterm (40%),
final (40%),
regular quizzes (20%).

The quizzes will generally be on Fridays, starting on week 2. There will be notice before each one; i.e., no surprises. I will assign homework problems and in-class problems, but not collect them. Doing the homework is still very important, as it is impossible to succeed without working lots of problems.

From the Final exam schedule, our exams are as follows:

307A final exam is at 8:30-10:20 a.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2012
307C final exam is at 8:30-10:20 a.m., Monday, June 4, 2012

The midterms will be in class on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. If you cannot make these times you should let me know immediately.

Homework

Section 6.6. 4, 8, 9, 13, 18
Section 6.5. 4, 11
Section 6.4. 6, 7, 9
Section 6.3. 1, 2, 3, 8, 13, 15, 19, 20, 25
Section 6.2. 1-4, 11, 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29.
Section 6.1. 5-20.
Section 3.8. 9-15.
Section 3.7. 7, 13, 17, 19, 20. For those interested in physics, try 27, 30, 31.
Section 3.5. 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11,
Section 3.4. 5-8, 21, 23, 24.
Section 3.3. 7-10, 17, 18, 27.
Section 3.2. 1-4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 24, 25.
Section 3.1. 1-4, 9, 10, 17, 18.
Make a spreadsheet or computer program to automate Euler's method and try it on some of the problems in Section 2.7. Use different step sizes and see how the result changes.
Section 2.6. 1-4, 15, 16.
Section 2.5. 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 19.
Section 2.4. 1-4, 7-10, 13, 14, 22.
Section 2.3. 1-4, 7-10. 13. 32.
Section 2.2. 1-8, 29, 30.
Section 2.1. 13-17 and 30,31.