Final Exam Review — Math 308-503 (Spring 2011)

General Information

The final exam will be given on Tuesday, 5/10/2011, from 8 to 10 am, in our usual classroom (BLOC 128). I will have these extra office hours: Thursday, 9-11; Friday, 10-1; Monday, 1:30-3:30.

Calculators. You may use scientific calculators to do numerical calculations — logs, exponentials, and so on. You may not use any calculator that has the capability of doing algebra or calculus, or of storing course material.

Other devices. You may not use cell phones, computers, or any other device capable of storing, sending, or receiving information.

Structure and Coverage There will be 8 to 10 questions, some with multiple parts. The problems will be similar to homework problems, examples done in class and worked out in the text. The exam is comprehensive; it covers all of the material listed on previous review sheets, and, in addition, sections A.3, A.4, 6.3 and 6.4. The percentages for each of the three general topics below will be roughly 20%, 40%, 40%.

Topics covered

First Order Equations

Second Order Equations

Systems of Differential Equations

Updated 5/4/2011.