Calendar

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

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