Week
Dates

Section & Topic

Homework Assignments

Week 1
8/31 – 9/4

1.1:

Some Basic Math Models; Direction Fields

1

p. 7:

7,10,15,16,23

1.2:

Solutions of Some Differential Equations

2

p.15:

7,9,10,13,16

1.3:

Classification of Differential Equations

3

p.24:

1,2,5,8,12,14,17,20

Week 2
9/7 – 9/11

2.1:

Integrating Factors

4

p.39:

3c, 7c, 13,16,18

2.2:

Separable Equations

5

p.47:

2,4,7,9a,15a

2.4:

Differences Between Linear and Nonlinear Equ.

6

p.75:

1,3,6,7,10,12

Week 3
9/14 – 9/18

3.1:

Homogeneous Equ. with Constant Coefficients

7

p.144:

1,3,6,8,10,12

3.1:

Constant Coefficients (cont.)

8

p.144:

17,18,20, 21,22

2.7:

Euler's Method

9

p.109:

1(a,d),2(a,d)

Week 4
9/21 – 9/25

3.2:

Solutions of Linear Homogeneous Equations;
the Wronskian

10

p.155:

2,4,8,10,12,17

3.2:

Solutions of Linear Homogeneous Equations;
the Wronskian  (cont.)

11

p.155:

18, 24,25,26

3.3:

Complex Roots of the Characteristic Equation

12

p.163:

3,4,7,9,13,17,19

Week 5
9/28 – 10/2

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REVIEW FOR Common EXAM #1

13

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STUDY FOR EXAM #1

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MIDTERM EXAM I:  Wednesday ~ September 30, 2009

3.4:

Repeated Roots; Reduction of Order

14

p.171:

1,5,7,10,12

3.4:

Repeated Roots; Reduction of Order (cont.)

15

p.173:

23,25,28

Week 6
10/5 – 10/9

3.5:

Nonhomogeneous Equations;
Method of Undetermined Coefficients

16

p.183:

3,6,12,15,17

3.5:

Nonhomogeneous Equations;
Undetermined Coefficients (cont.)

17

p.183:

19,22,23,26

3.6:

Variation of Parameters

18

p.189:

1,2,5,7,10

Week 7
10/12 – 10/16

3.6:

Variation of Parameters (cont.)

19

p.189:

13,15,19

4.2-
4.3:

Higher Order Linear Equations

20

p.232:
p.237:

11,14, 29
2,8,13,15

3.7:

Mechanical And Electrical Vibrations

21

p.202:

1,2,5, 7,11

Week 8
10/19 – 10/23

3.7:

Mechanical And Electrical Vibrations (cont.)

22

p.203:

12,17,18,24

3.8:

Forced Vibrations

23

p.215:

5, 7, 10, 11,16

6.1:

Definition of the Laplace Transform

24

p.311:

1,3,5,6,8,10

Week 9
10/26 – 10/30

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REVIEW FOR Common EXAM #2

25

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STUDY FOR EXAM #2

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MIDTERM EXAM II:  Wednesday ~ October 28, 2009

6.1:

Definition of the Laplace Transform (cont.)

26

p.311:

12,13,15,17

6.2:

Solution of Initial Value Problems

27

p.320:

1,2,3,7,8,11

Week 10
11/2 – 11/6

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6.2:

Solution of Initial Value Problems (cont.)

28

p.320:

13,21,28,29,30

6.3:

Step Functions

29

p.328:

6,9,13,15,20,21

6.4:

Differential Equations with Discontinuous Forcing Functions

30

p.337:

2,3,5,7,9

Week 11
11/9 – 11/13

6.5:

Impulse Functions

31

p.343:

1,2,5,6,9

6.6:

The Convolution Integral

32

p.351:

4,6,8,9,14,17

7.1:
7.2:

Introduction &
Review of Matrices

33

p.359:
p.371:

2, 4, 5 &
1,2,12,22,23

Week 12
11/16 – 11/20 

7.3:

Linear Algebraic Equations; LI,
Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors

34

p.383:

1,5,16,18,22

7.5:

Homogeneous Linear Systems with
Constant Coefficients

35

p.398:

1(a),4(a),7(a),15,16

7.6:

Complex Eigenvalues

36

p.409:

2(a),3(a),9,10,28(a,d)

Week 13
11/23 – 11/27 

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10.1:

Two-Point Boundary Value Problems

37

p.583:

1,5,10,14,18

10.2:

Fourier Series

38

p.592:

1,5,13,15

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(Thurs.-Sun. Nov. 26-29) Thanksgiving Recess ~ University Closed

Week 14
11/30 – 12/4

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REVIEW FOR EXAM #3

39

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STUDY FOR EXAM #3

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MIDTERM EXAM III:  Wednesday ~ December 2, 2009

10.4:

Even and Odd Functions

p.608:

2,4,7,9 15,16

10.4:

Even and Odd Functions (cont.)

41

p.608:

21, 23(a,b), 27(a,b)

Week 15
12/7 – 12/9

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REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM

42

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STUDY FOR FINAL EXAM

Finals