Link to current version of calendar (includes suggested homework assignments in book).
Day | Date | Section | Pages |
1 | Thursday, 01/29/15 | 1.1 Some Basic Mathematical Models; Direction Fields 1.2 Solutions of Some Differential Equations (include y’=y+k) |
1-710-15 |
2 | Tuesday, 02/03 | 1.3 Classification of Differential Equations | 14-24 |
3 | Thursday, 02/05 | 2.1 Linear Equations; Method of Integrating Factors | 31-39 |
4 | Tuesday, 02/10 | 2.2 Separable Equations | 42-48 |
Thursday, 02/12 | College Closed – Lincoln’s Birthday | ||
5 | Tuesday, 02/17 | 2.2 Separable Equations (Homogeneous) | |
6 | Thursday, 02/19 | 2.4 Difference between Linear and Nonlinear Equations (Existence and Uniqueness) | 68-76 |
7 | Tuesday, 02/24 | 2.4 Difference between Linear and Nonlinear Equations (Existence and Uniqueness, Bernouli Equations) | |
8 | Thursday, 02/26 | 2.6 Exact Equations and Integrating Factors | 95-100 |
9 | Tuesday, 03/03 | 2.6 Exact Equations / Exam Review | |
10 | Thursday, 03/05 | First Exam (through 2.4) | |
11 | Tuesday, 03/10 | 2.7 Numerical Approximations: Euler’s Method | 101-109 |
12 | Thursday, 03/12 | 3.1 Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients (second order linear) | 137-143 |
13 | Tuesday, 03/17 | 3.4 Repeated Roots; Reduction of Order | 167-172 |
14 | Thursday, 03/19 | 3.3 Complex Roots (of the Characteristic Equation) | 158-164 |
15 | Tuesday, 03/24 | 3.5 Non-homogeneous Equations; Method of Undetermined Coefficients | 175-184 |
16 | Thursday, 03/26 | 3.7 Mechanical and Electrical Vibrations | 192-203 |
17 | Tuesday, 03/31 | 3.7 (cont’d) | |
18 | Thursday, 04/02 | Second Exam (through 3.7) | |
Spring Recess April 3-11 | |||
19 | Tuesday, 04/14 | 5.2 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point, Part I | 254-263 |
20 | Thursday, 04/16 | 5.2 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point, Part II | |
21 | Tuesday, 04/21 | 6.1 Definition of the Laplace Transform | 309-314 |
22 | Thursday, 04/23 | 6.2 Solution of the Initial Value Problems (Inverse Transform), Parts I & II | 317-324 |
23 | Tuesday, 04/28 | 8.1 The Euler or Tangent Line Method | 451-459 |
24 | Thursday, 04/30 | 8.2 Improvements on the Euler Method | 462-466 |
25 | Tuesday, 05/05 | 8.3 The Runge-Kutta Method | 468-471 |
26 | Thursday, 05/07 | Exam Review | |
27 | Tuesday, 05/12 | Third Exam | |
28 | Thursday, 05/14 | Sigma Notation and working with Series / 8.4 Multistep Methods | 472-477 |
29 | Tuesday, 05/19 | Review | |
30 | Thursday, 05/21 | Final Examination |