Category: Weekly checklists (Page 6 of 6)

Monday, August 31 to Sunday, September 5

Class sessions: Tuesday, September 1 & Thursday, September 3, 8:30am

• Zoom link is available on this page.
• Zoom recordings will be available.

Read: by Tuesday, September 1, 8:30am

• 2.1 Linear First Order Equations
  • Read Section 2.1 so you can understand:
    • what a linear first order differential equation is
    • the difference between homogenous and non-homogenous equations
  • We will discuss examples from Section 2.1 in Tuesday morning’s session so don’t worry if you don’t understand all the steps your first time through.

Read: by Thursday, September 3, 8:30 am

• 2.2 Separable Equations

OpenLab: Due Sunday, September 6, 11:59pm

• Typing math in LaTeX (instructions here)
• Sections 1.2 and 1.3 (instructions here)

WeBWorK: Due Sunday, September 6, 11:59pm

• 1-FirstOrderLinear
• 2-SeparableEquations

Monday, August 24 to Sunday, August 30

Course launch: Thursday, August 27 8:30am

• Zoom link will be available on this page.
• Zoom recording available here.

Read: by Tuesday, September 1 8:30am

• 1.1 Applications Leading to Differential Equations
  • Skim Section 1.1 to get a sense of what differential equations can be used for
  • You do not need to understand any of the equations themselves yet
• 1.2 First Order Equations
  • Read Section 1.2 carefully so you understand:
    • what a differential equation is, what its order is, ordinary versus partial differential equations
    • what a solution to a differential equation is
    • how to check that a function is a solution of a particular differential equation
  • You aren’t really learning any new mathematical techniques in Section 1.2; you are just learning that material you learned in your Calculus classes can be organized in a different way.
• 1.3 Direction Fields for First Order Equations
  • Skim Section 1.3 to see what these pictures mean
• 2.1 Linear First Order Equations
  • Read Section 2.1 so you can understand:
    • what a linear first order differential equation is
    • the difference between homogenous and non-homogenous equations
  • We will discuss examples from Section 2.1 in Tuesday morning’s session so don’t worry if you don’t understand all the steps your first time through.

OpenLab:

• Due Sunday, August 30, 11:59pm
  • Introduce yourself (instructions here)
  • Fill out first-day survey here
  • Comment on 1.1 Applications post here after reading Section 1.1

• Due Sunday, September 6, 11:59pm
  • LaTeX (instructions TBA)
  • 1.1 and 1.2 (instructions TBA)

WeBWorK:

• Make sure you can log in (log in instructions were sent to you via email). For most students:
  • Username: first initial+last name; all lower-case letters (remove any spaces or hyphens)
  • Password: EMPLID
• As of right now, you won’t see any homework when you log in. They’ll start to appear soon.
• Your first sets will be due Sunday, September 6, 11:59pm