Math 309A: Linear Analysis

Professor Monty (William) McGovern 
Winter 2013


Instructor:
Monty (or William) McGovern
Office: Padelford C-450
Phone: 206-543-1149
Email: mcgovern@math.washington.edu
Office Hours: TTh 1:30 and by appointment, Padelford C-450
Lectures:
Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m., Denny Hall 216
Prerequisites:
Math 307,308 or the equivalent. 
Exams:

1st Midterm: Friday, February 1, in class.
2nd Midterm: Friday, March 1, in class.
Final: Wednesday, March 20, 2:30-4:20, in class.

Grading:
Your grade will be based equally on homework, two midterms, and a final. In case you must miss a midterm, I would very much appreciate ADVANCE NOTICE so that other arrangements can be made to take it. If you cannot complete a homework assignment in time for class, you can always turn it in by 3:00 on the day it is due to the grader's mailbox (#17). PLEASE turn in WHATEVER YOU CAN rather than nothing. In all tests you may use two letter-sized pages (one sheet front and back of notes in your own handwriting).
Incompletes and Drops:
The grade of Incomplete will be given ONLY if a student has been doing satisfactory work until the end of the quarter and then misses the final exam for a documented illness, religious reason, or family emergency.
What to Expect:
We will continue the study of differential equations from Math 307, focussing now on systems of first-order equations, using techniques of linear algebra, and learning some partial differential equations as well.

             Homework

Due:
Problems:
Jan 11
Sections 7.1-7.3: Exercises 7.1.1,7; 7.3.1,16,18: read sections 7.1-3
Jan 18
7.4.6,7; 7.5.1,2,7: read 7.4,5
Jan 25
7.4.2; 7.6.13,14; 7.7.1; 7.8.1: read 7.6-7.9
Feb 1
study problems, first midterm: 7.5.15-17; 7.9.6-8; 9.3.1-4: read Chapter 9 through Theorem 9.3.2 read
Feb 8
10.1.1,3,6,14,15 : read 10.1, skim 10.5

Feb 15
10.2.12,14-16,27: read 10.2-4
Feb 22
10.3.1,2; 10.5.3,5,7: read 10.5,6
Mar 1
study problems, second midterm: 7.8.2-4(c); 9.1.1-3(a,b); 10.3.1-3; 10.5.3 (solve equation); 10.6.1: start 10.7 read
Mar 8
10.6.15; 10.7.23; 10.8.2,4,5: finish 10.7, start 10.8
Mar 15
study problems, final: 7.4.2,6,7 [again]; 7.7.1-3; 9.1.19,20; 9.3.5 (a)-(c); 10.5.1,2; 10.7.16; 10.8.1(a): finish 10.8


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