METU-NCC Math

    Math 219 Introduction to Differential Equations (Fall 2012)

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The table below is a rough guideline for the content of course lectures. Professors may reorder their lectures as necessary/desired. Section and page numbers below are from the textbook, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Boyce and DiPrima, 9th ed., 2010.

Week 1:
Sep.24-28
1 Introduction, Directional Fields
Chapter 2. First Order Differential Equations
§2.2: Separable equations
   (also homogeneous equations - see p49 #30).
2 §2.1: Linear equations; Method of integrating factors.
§2.3: Modeling with first order equations
   (tank problems).
Week 2:
Oct.1-5
3 §2.4: Differences between linear and nonlinear equations
   (existence and uniqueness theorems).
4 §2.6: Exact equations and integrating factors.
Week 3:
Oct.8-12
5
Chapter 7. Systems of First Order Linear Equations
§7.1: Introduction.
§7.2: Review of matrices.
6 §7.3: Systems of linear algebraic equations;
   Linear independence, eigenvalues, eigenvectors.
Week 4:
Oct.15-19
7 §7.4: Basic theory of systems of first order linear equations.
§7.5: Homogeneous linear systems with constant coefficients.
Midterm #1: Thu., Oct 18 at 17:40
SZ-22, SZ-23, SZ-24, SZ-25
8 §7.5: Homogeneous linear systems with constant coefficients.
§7.6: Complex eigenvalues.
Week 5:
Oct.22-24
9 §7.7: Fundamental matrices.
Week 6:
Oct.30-
Nov 2
10 §7.8: Repeated eigenvalues.
§7.9: Nonhomogeneous linear systems
  (variation of parameters only).
Week 7:
Nov.5-9
11
Chapter 4. Higher Order Linear Equations
§4.1: General theory of nth order linear equations.
12 §4.2: Homogeneous equations with constant coefficients.
Week 8:
Nov.12-16
13
Chapter 3. Second Order Linear Equations
§3.2: Fundamental solutions of linear homogeneous equations.
14 §3.3: Linear independence and the Wronskian.
§3.4: Complex roots of the characteristic equation.
Week 9:
Nov.19-23
15 §3.5: Repeated roots; Reduction of order.
16 §3.6: Nonhomogeneous equations; Method of undetermined coefficients.
Week 10:
Nov.26-30
17 §4.3: The method of undetermined coefficients.
Midterm #2: Thu. Nov 29 at 17:40
SZ-22, SZ-23, SZ-24, SZ-25
18 §3.7: Variation of parameters.
Week 11:
Dec.3-7
19 §3.8: Mechanical and electrical vibrations.
20 §3.9: Forced Vibrations.
Week 12:
Dec.10-14
21
Chapter 6. The Laplace Transform
§6.1: Definition of the Laplace transform.
22 §6.2: Solution of initial value problems.
§6.3: Step functions.
Week 13:
Dec.17-21
23 §6.4: Differential equations with discontinuous forcing functions.
24 §6.5: Impulse functions.
§6.6: The convolution integral.
Week 14:
Dec.24-28
25
Chapter 10. Partial Differential Equations and Fourier Series
§10.A: Derivation of the Heat Conduction Equation.
§10.1: Two-point boundary value problems.
26 §10.2: Fourier series.
§10.3: The Fourier convergence theorem (briefly).
Week 15:
Dec.31-
Jan.4
27 §10.4: Even and odd functions.
28 §10.5: Separation of variables, heat conduction in a rod.
FINAL EXAM: Thurs., Jan. 17 at 16:00
Rooms SZ-23, SZ-24, SZ-25