Course Schedule, Elementary Differential Equations, Section 02, Spring 2010
Day Date Topic(s) Section of Book Assignment
Wed Jan 20 Introduction
Linear Equations
1.3
2.1
1.3: 1,2,7,8,14,15,17,19
2.1: 1,13,15,16,17,34
MON Jan 25 Separable Equations
LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS
WITHOUT RECEIVING A "W"
1.2
2.2
1.2: 3
2.2: 1,3,7,8,9,10
TUE Jan 26 LAST DAY TO ADD A CLASS
Wed Jan 27 Modeling
Linear and Nonlinear Equations
2.3
2.4
2.3: 1,4,7,9
2.4: 1,3,4,5,13,14
Quiz 1 (on HW assigned 1/20,1/25)
Mon Feb 1 Direction Fields
Autonomous Equations
1.1
2.5
1.1: 1,2,11,13,15,16,17,18,19,20
2.5: 2,3,4
Wed Feb 3 Exact Equations and Integrating Factors 2.6 2.6: 1,2,5,7,13,15,19,25
Quiz 2 (on HW assigned 1/27, 2/1)
Mon Feb 8 Euler's Method 2.7 2.7: 1
Wed Feb 10 Class Canceled
Mon Feb 15 Existence and Uniqueness
Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients
2.4, 2.8
3.1, 4.1, 4.2
Problem
3.1: 1,3,9,11,17,20
4.2: 13,16
Quiz 3 (on HW assigned 2/3, 2/8)
Wed Feb 17 Fundamental Solutions 3.2 3.2: 1,5,7,11,13
4.1: 3,5,11
MON Feb 22 Exam 1
Wed Feb 24 Linear Independence and the Wronskian 3.3, 4.1 3.3: 1,4,5,15,17,23
4.1: 7
Mon Mar 1 Complex Roots of the Characteristic Equation 3.4 3.4: 7,11,12,17,18,27
4.1: 11
4.2: 20,29
Quiz 4 (on HW assigned 2/15, 2/17, 2/24)
Wed Mar 3 Repeated Roots; Reduction of Order 3.5 3.5: 1,2,5,6,12,14,23,28
4.2: 11,18,32
Mon Mar 8 Method of Undetermined Coefficients 3.6, 4.3 3.6: 1,2,12,13
4.3: 4,8
Quiz 5 (on HW assigned 3/1, 3/3)
Wed Mar 10 Variation of Parameters 3.7, 4.4 3.7: 1,5,13
4.4: 2,3
Mon-Wed Mar 15,17 SPRING BREAK
Mon Mar 22 Power Series 5.1 5.1: 1,2,3,13,14
Quiz 6 (on HW assigned 3/8, 3/10)
Wed Mar 24 Ordinary Points 5.2 5.2: 1,2,6,7,9,15a,16a,17a,21
MON Mar 29 Ordinary Points
LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS
AND RECEIVE A "W"
5.3 5.3: 1,2,3,4,5,11,12,
Extra problem
Quiz 7 (on HW assigned 3/22, 3/24)
Wed Mar 31 Regular Singular Points 5.4 5.4: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,13,14
Mon Apr 5 Euler Equations 5.55.5: 1,2,3,4,5,12,13,21
Quiz 8 (on HW assigned 3/29, 3/31)
WED Apr 7 Exam 2
Mon Apr 12 Regular Singular Points 5.6 5.6: 1,4,14, Extra problems
Wed Apr 14 Regular Singular Points 5.7 5.7: 1,2,3,5,7,13
Quiz 9 (on HW assigned 4/5, 4/12)
Mon Apr 19 Bessel's Equation 5.8 5.8: 1,6,7
Wed Apr 21 Laplace Transform 6.1 6.1: 1,2,5,11,12,26
Quiz 10 (on HW assigned 4/14, 4/19)
Mon Apr 26 Initial Value Problems via Laplace Transforms 6.2 6.2: 1,2,3,4,11,12,13,14,21
Wed Apr 28 Step Functions 6.3 6.3: 1,2,7,9,10
Quiz 11 (on HW assigned 4/21, 4/26)
Mon May 3 Discontinuous Forcing Terms 6.4 6.4: 1,2,3,4,7
MON 8:30-11:30am,
May 10
FINAL EXAM The final is
comprehensive, but
will emphasize the
material since Exam 2


John Loftin 2010-01-11