Guido Kanschat - MATH 308, Sections 512 and 514

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News

DateSection 512Section 514
12/01Class this week is postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday. Please choose either the session at 12:45 or at 3:55, whichever fits your schedule better. The classroom will be Blocker 120.
10/21Factsheet 2 on second order equations updated. Please check for errors NOW!!!
09/22Factsheet for the first midterm
08/25 First day handout First day handout
08/25 First quiz on Thursday, August 28th

Factsheets

  1. Factsheet on first-order equations
  2. Factsheet on linear, second-order equations with constant coefficients (draft)

Homework

  1. Thu, Aug 28th: sec. 1.1, ex. 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12 (they are all ODE); 13-16; numbers in the green edition coincide.
  2. Thu, Sep 4th: sec. 2.2, ex. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 23, 27 (except d); numbers in the green edition coincide.
  3. Thu, Sep 11th: sec. 2.3, ex. 10, 14, 21, 25a; sec 2.4, ex. 1-8, 21, 23, 25
  4. Thu, Sep 18th: sec. 2.5, ex. 7-12, 15*; sec. 2.6, ex. 11, 12, 18, 19, 23, 24, 46*
  5. Tue, Oct 7th: sec 4.5, ex. 3, 7, 14, 15, 17, 18; sec. 4.6, ex. 11, 15, 22 (for those with different editions: any set of homogeneous, second-order, linear equations with constant coefficients will do; make sure you solve some IVP and you cover the three different cases)
  6. Tue, Oct 14th: sec 4.8, ex. 25, 29; sec 4.9, ex. 3, 7, 10, 15
  7. Tue, Oct 21st: sec 7.2, ex. 9, 11, 25; sec. 7.4, ex. 5, 7, 23; sec. 7.5, ex 3
  8. Mon, Nov 10th: sec 7.6, ex. 3, 13, 21, 24
  9. Thu, Nov 13th: sec 7.8, ex. 9, 11, 17, 23; sec. 7.7, ex. 9, 13, 21
Homework questions marked with an asterisk (*) are meant for those of you who need an extra challenge; they are not required to pass the exams.

Grades, quizzes, etc.

Grades and online quizzes will be on the E-learning web page of texas A&M University.

Quizzes

The quizzes are scheduled at the beginning of class and take 10 to 15 minutes. Please, be on time, since I will not accomodate for late comers.
  1. August 28th: integration of simple functions
  2. September 4th (Section 514: September 9th): Homework 1
  3. September 11th: Homework 2
  4. September 18th: Homework 3
  5. September 25th: Homework 4
  6. October 14th: Homework 5
  7. October 21st: Homework 6
  8. November 6th: Homework 7
  9. November 13th: Homework 8
  10. November 20th: Homework 9

Textbook

Additionally, I will provide handouts introducing the basic use of matlab.

Overview

WeekTopicsSections
1 Introduction and initial value problems 1.1, 1.2 (excerpts)
2-5 First-order equations 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
5-7 Linear second-order equations with constant coefficients 4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9
Laplace transforms 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8

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