The table below shows the schedule of topics (including WeBWorK assignments) for the semester. It was last updated on April 13, 2023. It may be updated again as the semester progresses.

SessionDateSection and TopicPagesWeBWorK AssignmentSuggested Textbook Problems (these problems are for extra practice ONLY - they will not be collected)
1Wednesday, 1/251.2 First Order Equations
[OPTIONAL: 1.3 Direction Fields for First Order Equations]
7-13
16-17
1-Reviewp.14: 1, 2(a-c,e-h), 4(a-f), 5, 6,
[optional: p. 14: 9 and p. 21: 1-11]
2Monday, 1/302.1 Linear First Order Equations30-412-NonHomogeneousLinearp.41: 1-9 odd, 17-23 odd, 31-37 odd, 38, 40, 42
College Closed 9/5
3Wednesday, 2/12.2 Separable Equations45-523-Separablep.52: 2, 3, 6, 12, 17-27 odd, 28, 35, 37
4Monday, 2/62.4 Transformation of Nonlinear Equations into Separable Equations62-684-Bernoulli-nosub
4b-Homogeneous-YoverX
p.68: 1-4, 7-11 odd, 15-18, 23-27 odd
5Wednesday, 2/82.5 Exact Equations73-795-Exactp.79: 1-21 odd, 29, 30, 33, 34
6Wednesday, 2/152.5 Exact Equations73-795-Exactp.79: 1-21 odd, 29, 30, 33, 34
7Tuesday, 2/21
Monday Schedule
4.1 Growth and Decay
4.2 Cooling and Mixing
4.3 Elementary Mechanics
130-137
140-147
151-160
Modeling - Coolingp.138: 1-7 odd, 11, 13, 17
p.148: 1-11 odd, 15
p.160: 3, 5, 7, 10
No Classes 9/26
8Wednesday, 2/224.2 CoolingModeling - Cooling
9Monday, 2/27First Examination
10Wednesday, 3/13.1 Euler's Method96-1067-Trench-EulersMethodp.106: 1-7 odd, 11-13, 15-19 odd, 20-22
No Classes 10/4
College Closed 10/10
11Monday, 3/63.1 Euler's Method (cont'd)
3.2 The Improved Euler Method and Related Methods
109-116p.116: 1-7 odd, 11-13, 15-19 odd, 20-22
12Wednesday, 3/83.2 Improved Euler Method (cont'd)
13Monday, 3/133.3 The Runge-Kutta Method119-124p.124: 1-7 odd, 11-13, 15-19 odd, 20-22
14Wednesday, 3/155.1 Homogeneous Linear Equations194-2036-BasicSecondOrderp.203: 1-5
15Monday, 3/205.2 Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Equations210-2177-SecondOrderRepeated
8-SecondOrderComplex
p.217: 1-17 odd, 18-21
16Wednesday, 3/225.3 Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations221-2279-Nonhomogeneous p.227: 1-5 odd, 9-13 odd, 16-20 even, 25-29 odd, 33-37 odd
17Monday, 3/275.4 The Method of Undetermined Coefficients I229-2359-Nonhomogeneous p.235: 1-29 odd
18Wednesday, 3/29Second Examination
19Monday, 4/35.6 Reduction of Order248-25210-Trench-ReductionOfOrderp.253: 1-3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19, 25, 31
20Monday, 4/175.7 Variation of Parameters255-262Variation of Parametersp.262: 1-5, 7, 11, 13, 31, 33, 34
21Wednesday, 4/196.1 Spring Problems I
6.2 Spring Problems II
268-277
279-284
TBDp.277: 1, 3, 7-13 odd, 19, 21
p.288: 3, 4, 7-11 odd, 14-16
22Monday, 4/247.1 Review of Power Series
7.2 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point I
307-316
320-328
11-Trench-SeriesSolutions p.317: 1, 11, 13, 15-17
p.329: 1, 3, 8, 11-13, 19-25 odd
23Wednesday, 4/267.3 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point II335-338TBDp.338: 1-5 odd, 19-23 odd, 33-37 odd, 41-45 odd
24Monday, 5/17.4 Regular Singular Points Euler Equations344-34612-Trench-EulerEquationsp.347: 1-12
25Wednesday, 5/3Third Examination
26Monday, 5/88.1 Introduction to the Laplace Transform394-40213-LaplaceTransforms-NoPiecewisep.403: 1(a,b,d,e), 2(b,c,f,g,h,i), 4, 5, 18
27Wednesday, 5/108.2 The Inverse Laplace Transform
[NOTE: use the table on p.463 of the textbook to do the homework]
405-41214-InverseLaplaceTransformsp.412: 1(a,b,d,e), 2(a-e), 3(a-d), 4(a,d,e), 6(a), 7(a), 8(a,d)
28Monday, 5/158.3 Solution of Initial Value Problems
[NOTE: use the table on p.463 of the textbook to do the homework]
414-41916-LaplaceIVPp.419: 1-31 odd
29Wednesday, 5/17Review
30Monday, 5/22Final Examination
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