Guido Kanschat - MATH 308, Spring 2010

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Handouts

Homework

Qualifiers like "only part a" apply to the whole, comma separated list before them, but do not apply across a semicolon.

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.

The word "draw" always means sketch!

  1. Due Jan 28: solve the problems in this file and section 1.1: 1, 3, 5; section 1.4: 1-6, 7, 11
  2. Due Feb 4: section 2.1: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23; section 2.2: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17
  3. Due Feb 11: section 2.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11*, 13, 15a,b; section 3.1: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 (additionally, write the systems using matrix notation)
  4. Due Feb 18: section A.1: 1a-l, 2a-h, 3; section 3.1: 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35
  5. Due Mar 4: section 3.3: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15; section 3.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; section 3.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 (for all problems in this assignment: only solve, no drawing, no behavior for t to infinity)
  6. Due Mar 11: section 3.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 21; section 3.3: 1, 3, 5, 9 (only sketches and behavior for t to infinity), 27; section 3.4: 1, 3, 5 (only sketches and behavior for t to infinity); section 3.5: 1, 3, 5 (only sketches and behavior for t to infinity).
  7. Due Mar 25: section 4.3: 19, 21, 23, 27; section 4.4: 21, 23, 25; section 4.6: 1, 7, 9, 11
  8. Due Apr 1: section 4.8: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19; section 7.1: 1, 3, 5, 7
  9. Due Apr 8: section 7.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; section 7.4: 3, 5, 14
  10. Due Apr 22: section 5.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
  11. Due Apr 29: section 5.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; section 5.6: 1, 3, 5; section 5.7: 1, 5

Exams

Grades

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

Textbook

Additionally, I will provide handouts summarizing the main topics and introducing the basic use of matlab.

Overview

WeekTopicsSections
1 Introduction 1.1 (1.4)
2 First-Order Equations 2.1 - 2.5
3-4 Systems of two First-Order Equations 3.1 - 3.4, 3.6
5-7 Systems of First-Order Linear Equations A.1 - A.4, 6.1 - 6.6
8-9 Nonlinear Systems and Stability 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
10 Linear second-order equations with constant coefficients 4.1 - 4.4, 4.6, 4.8
11-14 Laplace transforms 7.1 - 7.9

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