METU-NCC Math

    Math 219 Introduction to Differential Equations (Fall 2013)

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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.23-27
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:
Sep.30-
Oct.4
3 §2.4: Differences between linear and nonlinear equations
   (existence and uniqueness theorems).
4 §2.6: Exact equations and integrating factors.
Week 3:
Oct.7-11
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.21-25
7 §7.4: Basic theory of systems of first order linear equations.
§7.5: Homogeneous linear systems with constant coefficients.
8 §7.5: Homogeneous linear systems with constant coefficients.
§7.6: Complex eigenvalues.
Midterm 1 at 17:40 on Thursday, 24 October
Rooms SZ-23, SZ-24, SZ-25
Week 5:
Oct.28-
Nov.1
Holiday: Tuesday, 29 October
9 §7.7: Fundamental matrices.
10 §7.8: Repeated eigenvalues.
§7.9: Nonhomogeneous linear systems
  (variation of parameters only).
Week 6:
Nov.4-8
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 7:
Nov.11-15
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.
Holiday: Friday, 15 November
Week 8:
Nov.18-22
15 §3.5: Repeated roots; Reduction of order.
16 §3.6: Nonhomogeneous equations; Method of undetermined coefficients.
Week 9:
Nov.25-29
17 §4.3: The method of undetermined coefficients.
18 §3.7: Variation of parameters.
Week 10:
Dec.2-6
Midterm 2 at 17:40 on Tuesday, 3 December
19 §3.8: Mechanical and electrical vibrations.
20 §3.9: Forced Vibrations.
Week 11:
Dec.9-13
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 12:
Dec.16-20
23 §6.4: Differential equations with discontinuous forcing functions.
24 §6.5: Impulse functions.
§6.6: The convolution integral.
Week 13:
Dec.23-27
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 14:
Dec.30-
Jan.3
27 §10.4: Even and odd functions.
Holiday: Wednesday, 1 January
28 §10.5: Separation of variables, heat conduction in a rod.
Week 15:
Jan.6-10
29 §: Review.
FINAL EXAM
9:00 on Tuesday, 21 January