We might not follow this schedule exactly, but we’ll be covering the topics in this order, so this should give you a sense of what to expect this semester.

The official course outline is here; some topics appear on the course outline and not in the schedule below. We will cover these topics as projects outside of class time.

SessionDatesSection/topicPractice problemsWeBWorK
11/26Intro to courseReview
21/311.2 First Order Equations
1.3 Direction Fields
p.14: 1, 2(a-c,e-h), 4(a-f), 5, 6,
p. 14: 9 and p. 21: 1-11
1. Introduction-Basic Concepts
2. First Order Equations-Direction Fields
32/22.1 Linear First Order Equations p.41: 1-9 odd, 17-23 odd, 31-37
odd, 38, 40, 42
First Order Equations-Linear Nonhomogeneous
42/72.2 Separable Equations p.52: 2, 3, 6, 12, 17-27 odd, 28,
35, 37
First Order Equations-Separable
52/92.4 Transformation of Nonlinear Equations into Separable Equations p.68: 1-4, 7-11 odd, 15-18, 23-27
odd
1. First Order Equations-Nonlinear Bernoulli
2. First Order Equations-Nonlinear Homogeneous
62/142.5 Exact Equationsp.79: 1-21 odd, 29, 30, 33, 34First Order Equations-Exact
72/16Test 1 Review
82/23Test 1
92/283.1 Euler's Method p.106: 1-7 odd, 11-13, 15-19 odd,
20-22
Numerical Methods-Euler
103/23.2 The Improved Euler Method
3.3 The Runge-Kutta Method
p.116: 1-7 odd, 11-13, 15-19 odd,
20-22; p.124: 1-7 odd, 11-13, 15-19 odd,
20-22
Numerical Methods-Improved Euler
113/75.1 Homogeneous Linear Equations p.203: 1-5Second Order Equations-Homogeneous Linear
123/95.2 Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Equations p.217: 1-17 odd, 18-21Second Order Equations-Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Basic
133/145.2 Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Equations (continued)see above for 5.21. Second Order Equations-Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Repeated
2. Second Order Equations-Constant Coefficient Homogeneous Complex
143/165.3 Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations p.227: 1-5 odd, 9-13 odd, 16-20
even, 25-29 odd, 33-37 odd
153/215.4 The Method of Undetermined Coefficients I p.235: 1-29 oddSecond Order Equations-Nonhomogeneous Linear (one set for 5.3 & 5.4)
163/235.6 Reduction of Orderp.253: 1-3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19, 25, 31Second Order Equations-Reduction of Order
173/285.7 Variation of Parametersp.262: 1-5, 7, 11, 13, 31, 33, 34Second Order Equations-Variation of Parameters
183/30Test 2 Review
194/4Test 2
204/187.1 Review of Power Seriesp.317: 1, 11, 13, 15-17
Series Solutions-Review
214/207.2 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point Ip.329: 1, 3, 8, 11-13, 19-25 odd
224/257.2 & 7.3 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point I & IIsee above for 7.2 and below for 7.3
234/277.3 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point II p.338: 1-5 odd, 19-23 odd, 33-37
odd, 41-45 odd
Series Solutions-Ordinary Point (one set for 7.2 & 7.3)
245/2Test 3 Review
255/4Test 3
265/98.1 Introduction to the Laplace Transformp.403: 1(a,b,d,e), 2(b,c,f,g,h,i), 4,
5, 18
Laplace Transforms-Intro
275/118.2 The Inverse Laplace Transform p.412: 1(a,b,d,e), 2(a-e), 3(a-d),
4(a,d,e), 6(a), 7(a), 8(a,d)
1. Laplace Transforms-Partial Fractions Review
2. Laplace Transforms-Inverse Laplace Transform
285/168.3 Solution of Initial Value Problems p.419: 1-31 oddLaplace Transforms-Initial Value Problems
295/18Review
305/23Exam
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