Mathematics 307 H
Autumn 2005
Introduction to Differential Equations
| Instructor: Xiaosheng Li |
| Lecture Time and Location: MWF 1:30pm--2:20pm LOW 201 |
| Office Hours: MW 2:30pm--3:30pm and by appointment |
| Office: PDL C-543 |
| Email: xli@math.washington.edu |
| Class Webpage: www.math.washington.edu/~xli/307h05a.htm |
| Textbook: |
| Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems |
| by W. E. Boyce and R. C. DiPrima, 8th edition |
| Course Plan: |
| Chapter 2: Section 1,2,3,4,5,7 |
| Chapter 3: Section 1,4,5,6,8,9; and possibly 7 |
| Chapter 6: Section 1,2,3,4 |
| Prerequisite: Math 125; Math 126 strongly recommended |
| Exam Schedule: |
| Midterm I : October 19 (Wednesday, in class, covering Chapter 2) |
| Midterm II: November 18 (Friday, in class, covering Chapter 3) |
| Final Exam: December 12 (Monday, 2:30pm-4:20pm, LOW 201, cumulative) |
| Grading Policy: |
| Homework 20% |
| Midterm I 20% |
| Midterm II 20% |
| Final Exam 40% |
| Homework: |
| Assigned weekly and due on Fridays at the beginning of the class. |
| Important: |
| • Make ups are permitted only under exceptional circumstances. |
| • A piece of notes (8.5*11 inches, letter size, one side) will be |
| allowed on each midterm and the final, along with a scientific |
| (but not graphing) calculator. |
| • Late homework will not be accepted, but the lowest homework grade |
| will be dropped. |
| • Feel free to work with other people on your homework, but you must |
| write your solutions yourself. |
| • Grader will grade two or three problems from each assignment |
| carefully, and check the completeness of other problems. |
Final Exam:
Time: Monday, December 12, 2:30--4:20pm
Location: LOW 201 (our usual room)
Homework Assignments: HW1 HW2 HW3 HW4 HW5 HW6 HW7 HW8
Practice Final Exam (.pdf) Key to Practice Final Exam (.pdf)
Key to Midterm II (.pdf) Key to Practice Midterm II (.pdf)
Key to Midterm I (.pdf) Key to Practice Midterm I (.pdf)
Notes on Complex Numbers (.pdf) (thanks to Prof. Sylvester)
Complex Exponential Function (.pdf) (thanks to Prof. Erickson)
Basic Formulae (.pdf) (thanks to Prof. Marshall)