MATH 308-525
Differential Equations
Spring 2015
Instructor: Florent Baudier
Office: Blocker 509A
Office hours: TR 2:45-3:45 pm, or by appointment
Lectures: TR 5:30-6:45 pm, Blocker 133
Course description: Ordinary differential equations, solutions in series, solutions using Laplace transforms, systems of differential equations.
Textbook: Boyce and DiPrima, Elementary differential equations, Custom TAMU Edition.
Exams
In-class exam #1: February 10, covers 1.1-2.5
Solution A Solution B
In-class exam #2: March 10, covers 2.6 and 3.1-3.6
Solution A Solution B
In-class exam #3: April 14, covers 6.1-6.6
Solution A Solution B
Final exam: May 12, 3:30-5:30 pm, Blocker 133
Homework problem sets and quizzes
Homework problem setProblems from the bookQuiz
#1 Section 1.1: #5, #12, #24
Section 1.2: #1 a) with y_o=0, 5, 6 and -1, #8, #19
Section 1.3: #1, #4, #23
#1, Thursday 01/29 solution
#2 Section 2.1: #5 c), #10 c), #12 c), #14, #16, #17, #19
#22 b) and c), #24 b) and c), #27, #28, #31, #40, #41
#2, Thursday 02/05 solution
#3 Section 2.2: #2, #3, #5, #7, #8, #32 a) and b), #34 a) and b),
#36 a) and b), #37 a) and b), #38 a) and b),
Section 2.5: #3, #4, #10
#4 Section 2.6 : #1, #2, #4, #8, #10, #11, #13, #16, #20, #21, #25, #26, #28 #3, Thursday 02/19 solution
#5 Section 3.1: #1, #6, #8, #13, #16, #21
Section 3.2 : #24
Section 3.3 : #9, #14, #19
Section 3.4 : #3, #5, #13
#4, Thursday 02/26 solution
#6 Section 3.2: #5, #13, #17
Section 3.5 : #1, #3. #7, #13
#6, Thursday 03/05 solution
#7Section 3.6: #1, #3, #5, #7, #10/td> #6, Thursday 03/26 solution
#8Section 6.1: #1, #5 a), #6, #7, #8, #9, # 10, #15, #16
Section 6.3: #1, #3, #4, #5, #6
#7, Thursday 04/02 solution
#9Section 6.2: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #17, #21
Section 6.3: #13, #17, #20, #21, #22, #24
#8, Thursday 04/09 solution
#10Section 6.4: #1, #2, #3, #7, #10, #13
Section 6.5: #1, #3, #5, #7, #12
Section 6.6: #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #13, #14
#11Section 7.5: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 #9, Thursday 04/23 solution
#12Section 7.6: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #9, #10 #10, Thursday 04/30 solution
Material covered in class
Date of Class Material covered
01/20 general introduction and Section 1.1
01/22 Section 1.2, Section 1.3
01/27 Section 1.2, Section 2.1
01/29 Quiz #1, Section 2.1, Section 2.2
02/03 Section 2.2, Section 2.5
02/05 Quiz #2, Section 2.5
02/10 Test #1
02/12 No quiz, Section 2.6
02/17 Section 2.6, Section 3.1
02/19 Quiz #3, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4
02/24 Section 3.5
02/26 Quiz #4 and I will go over the solution of Test #1
03/03 Section 3.5, Section 3.6
03/05 Quiz #5, Section 3.6
03/10 Test #2
03/12 No quiz, I will go over the solution key of Test #2
03/17 Spring break
03/19 Spring break
03/24 Section 6.1, Section 6.2, Section 6.3
03/26 Quiz #6, Section 6.1, Section 6.2, Section 6.3
03/31 Section 6.4
04/02 Quiz #7, Section 6.4, Section 6.5
04/07 Section 6.5, Section 6.6
04/09 Quiz #8, Section 6.6
04/14 Test #3
04/16 No quiz, review on matrices, Section 7.5
04/21 Section 7.5
04/23 Quiz #9, Section 7.5, Section 7.6
04/28 Section 7.6, Section 7.8
04/30 Quiz #10, Section 7.8
05/05 NO CLASSES (students attend their Friday classes)