The calendar below may be updated as the semester progresses. Here is a link to current version of calendar.
NOTE: The original calendar, shown below, has been modified:
- Classes cancelled on Thursday, 2/9, due to snow.
- The material in sections 4.1 and 4.2, originally scheduled to take one day, ended up taking two days.
- Classes cancelled on Tuesday, 3/14, due to snow.
| Class Day | Date | Section | Reading Topic (pages) | Suggested Problems (these problems are for extra practice ONLY – they will not be collected) |
| 1 | Tuesday, 1/31 | 1.2 | First Order Equations (p.7–13) | p.14: 1, 2(a–c,e–h), 4(a–f), 5, 6, [optional: 9] |
| 2 | Thursday, 2/2 | 2.1 | Linear First Order Equations (p.30–41) | p.41: 1–9 odd, 17–23 odd, 31–37 odd |
| 3 | Tuesday, 2/7 | 2.2 | Separable Equations (p.45–52) | p.52: 2, 3, 6, 12, 17–27 odd, 28, 35, 37 |
| 4 | Thursday, 2/9 | 2.4 | Transformation of Nonlinear Equations into Separable Equations (p.62–68) | p.68: 1–4, 7–11 odd, 15–18, 23–27 odd |
| 5 | Tuesday, 2/14 | 2.5 | Exact Equations (p.73–79) | p.79: 1–21 odd, 29, 30, 33, 34 |
| 6 | Thursday, 2/16 | 4.1 4.2 | Growth and Decay (p.130–137) Cooling and Mixing (p.140–147) | p.138: 1–7 odd, 11, 13, 17 p.148: 1–11 odd, 15 |
| 7 | Tuesday, 2/21 | 4.3 | Elementary Mechanics (p.151–160) | p.160: 3, 5, 7, 10 |
| 8 | Thursday, 2/23 | EXAM 1 – through Sec 4.2(?) | ||
| 9 | Tuesday, 2/28 | 3.1 | Euler’s Method (p.96–106) | p.106: 1–7 odd, 11–13, 15–19 odd, 20–22 |
| 10 | Thursday, 3/2 | 3.2 | The Improved Euler Method and related Methods (p.109–116) | p.116: 1–7 odd, 11–13, 15–19 odd, 20–22 |
| 11 | Tuesday, 3/7 | 3.3 | The Runge-Kutta Method (p.119–124) | p.124: 1–7 odd, 11–13, 15–19 odd, 20–22 |
| 12 | Thursday, 3/9 | 5.1 | Homogeneous Linear Equations (p.194–203) | p.203: 1–5 odd, 9–21 odd |
| 13 | Tuesday, 3/14 | 5.2 | Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Equations (p.210–217) | p.217: 1–17 odd, 18–21 |
| 14 | Thursday, 3/16 | 5.3 | Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations (p.221–227) | p.227: 1–5 odd, 9–13 odd, 16–20 even, 25–29 odd, 33–37 odd |
| 15 | Tuesday, 3/21 | 5.4 | The Method of Undetermined Coefficients I (p.229–235) | p.235: 1–29 odd |
| 16 | Thursday, 3/23 | 5.6 | Reduction of Order (p.248–252) | p.253 1–3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19, 25, 31 |
| 17 | Tuesday, 3/28 | 5.7 | Variation of Parameters (p.255–262) | p.262 1–5, 7, 11, 13, 31, 33, 34 |
| 18 | Thursday, 3/30 | EXAM 2 – through Sec 5.6(?) | ||
| 19 | Tuesday, 4/4 | 6.1 6.2 | Spring Problems I (p.268–277) Spring Problems II (p.279–284) | p.277: 1, 3, 7–13 odd, 19, 21 p.288: 3, 4, 7–11 odd, 14–16 |
| 20 | Thursday, 4/6 | 6.2 6.3 | Spring Problems II (continued) (p.284–287) The RLC Circuit (p.290–295) | p.288: 13, 17–20 p.295: 1–10 |
| Spring Recess 4/10-4/18 | ||||
| Thursday, 4/20 | Monday Schedule | |||
| 21 | Tuesday, 4/25 | 7.1 7.2 | Review of Power Series (p.307–316) Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point I (p.320–328) | p.317: 1, 11, 13, 15–17 p.329: 1, 3, 8, 11–13, 19–25 odd |
| 22 | Thursday, 4/27 | 7.3 | Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point II (p.335–338) | p.338: 1–5 odd, 19–23 odd, 33–37 odd, 41–45 odd |
| 23 | Tuesday, 5/2 | 7.4 | Regular Singular Points Euler Equations (p.344–346) | p.347: 1–12 |
| 24 | Thursday, 5/4 | EXAM 3 – through Sec 7.3(?) | ||
| 25 | Tuesday, 5/9 | 8.1 | Introduction to the Laplace Transform (p.394–402) [NOTE: use table on p.463 of textbook for homework] | p.403: 1(a,b,d,e), 2(b,c,f,g,h,i), 4, 5, 18 |
| 26 | Thursday, 5/11 | 8.2 | The Inverse Laplace Transform (p.405–412) [NOTE: use table on p.463 of textbook for homework] | p.412: 1(a,b,d,e), 2(a–e), 3(a–d), 4(a,d,e), 6(a), 7(a), 8(a,d) |
| 27 | Tuesday, 5/16 | 8.3 | Solution of Initial Value Problems (p.414–419) [NOTE: use table on p.463 of textbook for homework] | p.419: 1–31 odd |
| 28 | Thursday, 5/18 | 8.6 | Convolutions (p.441–445) [NOTE: use table on p.463 of textbook for homework] | p.450: 2(a,b,c,i,j,l,n), 3(a–c,e–g) |
| 29 | Tuesday, 5/23 | Review | ||
| 30 | Thursday, 5/25 | Final Exam |
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