Author: Kate Poirier (Page 7 of 13)

Tuesday, September 26 to Monday, October 2

Lessons

• 3.1 Euler’s Method
• 3.2 The Improved Euler Method/3.3 The Runge-Kutta Method
• See a comparison of these methods in an example in this spreadsheet
• Here are some of my old notes from a few years ago (scroll past the office hours notes to see the lecture notes)
  • Euler’s method
  • Improved Euler’s method and Runge-Kutta method

OpenLab

• Are you bad at math? Really??? (Instructions here)

WeBWork

• Numerical Methods-Euler
• Numerical Methods-Improved Euler
• Numerical Methods-Runge-Kutta
  • The Runge-Kutta problem may give you an error message but you should still be able to complete the problem

Coming up

• We start Chapter 5 in Week 6
  • Chapter 5 has some similarities with Chapter 2 in that you will be solving differential equations by hand, but in Chapter 5 you will be solving second order equations
• Test #2
  • Thursday, October 5
  • Covers Chapter 3 (Numerical Methods)
• Project #1
  • Part 1 (partners) due on the OpenLab Monday, October 16
  • Part 2 (groups) due on the OpenLab Monday, October 23
  • Instructions here

Tuesday, September 19 to Monday, September 25

• Test #1: in class, Thursday, September 21
  • Remember: there will be no make-up tests. If you have to miss this week’s test (for example, if you are sick) you will contact the Center for Student Accessibility who will confirm your excused absence. See our grading policy here.

OpenLab

• Hispanic Heritage Month Mathematician Profile (instructions here)

WeBWorK

• Enjoy your weekend!

Coming up…

Project #1

• Part 1 (partners) due on the OpenLab Monday, October 16
• Part 2 (groups) due on the OpenLab Monday, October 23
• Instructions here

Test #2

• Thursday, October 5
• Covers Chapter 3 (Numerical Methods)