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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.
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Week 1:
Feb.16-20 |
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Introduction, Directional Fields Chapter 2. First Order Differential Equations §2.2: Separable equations (also homogeneous equations - see #30 on page 49). |
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§2.1: Linear equations; Method of integrating factors. |
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Week 2:
Feb.23-27 |
3 |
§2.3: Modeling with first order equations (tank problems). |
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§2.4: Differences between linear and nonlinear equations (existence and uniqueness theorems). §2.6: Exact equations and integrating factors. |
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Week 3:
Mar.2-6 |
5 |
Chapter 7. Systems of First Order Linear Equations §7.1: Introduction. §7.2: Review of matrices. |
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§7.3: Systems of linear algebraic equations; Linear independence, eigenvalues, eigenvectors. |
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Week 4:
Mar.9-13 |
7 |
§7.4: Basic theory of systems of first order linear equations. §7.5: Homogeneous linear systems with constant coefficients. |
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§7.5: Homogeneous linear systems with constant coefficients (continued). §7.6: Complex eigenvalues. |
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| Short Exam 1: Sunday March 15 at 10:40 | ||
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Week 5:
Mar.16-20 |
9 |
§7.7: Fundamental matrices. |
| 10 |
§7.8: Repeated eigenvalues. §7.9: Nonhomogeneous linear systems (variation of parameters only). |
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Week 6:
Mar.23-27 |
11 |
Chapter 4. Higher Order Linear Equations §4.1: General theory of nth order linear equations. |
| 12 |
§4.2: Homogeneous equations with constant coefficients. |
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Week 7:
Mar.30-Apr.3 |
13 |
Chapter 3. Second Order Linear Equations §3.2: Linear independence and the Wronskian. |
| 14 |
§3.3: Complex roots of the characteristic equation. |
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| Midterm: Sunday April 5 at 9:40 | ||
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Week 8:
Apr.6-10 |
15 |
§3.4: Repeated roots; Reduction of order. |
| 16 |
§3.5: Nonhomogeneous equations; Method of undetermined coefficients. |
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Week 9:
Apr.13-17 |
17 |
§4.3: The method of undetermined coefficients. |
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§3.6: Variation of parameters. |
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| Short Exam 2: Sunday April 19 at 10:40 | ||
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Week 10:
Apr.20-24 |
19 |
§3.7: Mechanical and electrical vibrations. |
| Holiday: Thursday, April 23 | ||
| 20 |
§3.8: Forced Vibrations. |
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Week 11:
Apr.27-30 |
21 |
Chapter 6. The Laplace Transform §6.1: Definition of the Laplace transform. §6.2: Solution of initial value problems. |
| 22 |
§6.3: Step functions. |
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| Holiday: Friday, May 1 | ||
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Week 12:
May 4-8 |
23 |
§6.4: Differential equations with discontinuous forcing functions. |
| 24 |
§6.5: Impulse functions. §6.6: The convolution integral. |
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| Short Exam 3: Sunday May 10 at 10:40 | ||
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Week 13:
May 11-15 |
25 |
Chapter 10. Partial Differential Equations and Fourier Series §10.A: Derivation of the Heat Conduction Equation. §10.1: Two-point boundary value problems. |
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§10.2: Fourier series. §10.3: The Fourier convergence theorem (briefly). |
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Week 14:
May 18-22 |
27 |
§10.4: Even and odd functions. |
| Holiday: Tuesday, May 19 | ||
| 28 |
§10.5: Separation of variables, heat conduction in a rod. |
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| FINAL EXAMS May 25 -- June 6 | ||