Math 110.302, Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2008 Course Syllabus
http://www.mathematics.jhu.edu/brown/Fall08302.htm
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MWF 12:00pm
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MWF 1:30pm -
2:20pm Krieger 205 |
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403 Krieger
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410-516-8179 |
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Office
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3:00-4:00 pm |
by appt. other times |
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Below is some basic information relevant to this course.� A more detailed schedule of course material, homework assignments, and testing dates will follow shortly. |
Text:� W. Boyce and R. DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations, 8th edition.
Current Recitation Sections:
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Instructor |
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1 |
Tuesday 1:30pm |
Dunning 312 |
Hussey |
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2 |
Tuesday 3:00pm |
Dunning 305 |
McGonagle |
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3 |
Thursday 3:00pm |
Dunning 408 |
Khan |
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Thursday 4:30pm |
Dunning 408 |
Khan |
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5 |
Tuesday 4:30pm |
Dunning 305 |
McGonagle |
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6 |
Thursday 1:30pm |
Dunning 305 |
Hussey |
Course Material: The core of the course will center on the text material, and will basically cover the book.
Grade Policy:��� There will be homework sets and a few quizzes (30%), 2 in-lecture exams (40%) and a final (30%).� The schedule of these exams is given with the homework problems below.� The 10-minute quizzes will typically be given in section.� There will be no make-ups on quizzes, homework or exams.� If you miss an exam, you will have to be cleared by me to be excused from the exam, a process that will include documentation and a valid excuse.� In this case the ultimate grade for that exam will be calculated based on your performance on future exams and the final.�
Homework: �� Homework based
on the week�s lectures will be posted as official on the course web site
sometime on Thursday after lecture (Homework may be posted earlier, but may
change as the lectures evolve for the week). That assignment will be due at the
end of the following week in Friday�s lecture. You are encouraged to do your
homework in groups. You are required, however, to write up your homework on
your own. Homework is essential educational part of the course. You will be
graded mostly on your ability to work problems on quizzes and exams. You cannot
work problems on quizzes and exams if you have not practiced the techniques
within the homework problems. If you misuse homework by not doing it yourself,
or not checking that you can solve a problem on your own after having been
shown how to do it, then your exam scores and corresponding grade will reflect
this. Talk to your section Teaching Assistant about
how to turn in a homework if you cannot go to class.
Course Policy: You are
responsible for lecture notes, any course material handed out, and attendance
in class.� While I will not formally
record your attendance, I will get to know you and your rate of presence over
time.� The quizzes are designed to
evaluate your understanding of the current focus of the class.� They will strongly mimic homework
assignment problems.� The
lectures will be conducted as if you have already read the material and
attempted some homework problems. �In this manner, you can focus mainly on those parts
of the lectures that cover the areas of your reading you found difficult to
understand. My teaching style is that of interactive discussion and I will rely
on your input in developing the material.�
Active participation in the classroom is a great way to generate the
discussion necessary to fully grasp the material.
Help Room: ���� 213 Kreiger Hall.� The hours are 9am � 9pm on Monday through Thursday, and 9am � 5pm on Friday.� This free service is a very valuable way to get one-on-one help on the current material of a class from other students outside the course.� It is staffed by graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
Ethics Statement: The strength
of the university depends on academic and personal integrity. In this course,
you must be honest and truthful.� Cheating
is wrong. Cheating hurts our community by undermining academic integrity,
creating mistrust, and fostering unfair competition. The university will punish
cheaters with failure on an assignment, failure in a course, permanent transcript
notation, suspension, and/or expulsion. Offenses may be reported to medical,
law, or other professional or graduate schools when a cheater applies.
Violations can include cheating on exams, plagiarism, reuse of assignments
without permission, improper use of the Internet and electronic devices
unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery and
falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and unfair competition.
Ignorance of these rules is not an excuse.
In this course, as in many math courses, working in groups to study particular
problems and discuss theory is strongly encouraged.� Your ability to talk mathematics is of
particular importance to your general understanding of mathematics.
You should collaborate with other students in this course on the general
construction of homework assignment problems.�
However, you must write up the solutions to these homework problems
individually and separately.� If there is
any question as to what this statement means, please see the professor or the
recitation instructor.
For more
information, see the guide on "Academic Ethics for Undergraduates"
and the Ethics Board web site (http://ethics.jhu.edu).
Students with Disabilities: Students
with documented disabilities or other special needs that require accommodation must
register with the Office of Academic Advising. After that, remind me of your
needs at least 5 days prior to each exam; we will need to have received
confirmation from Academic Advising.
Math 110.302, Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2008 (VERY) Tentative Schedule
The details of this material may be updated and reformed as the semester progresses.
Note: The first exam has been moved up to reflect the Drop deadline of Sunday, October 19, 2008.
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September 5 |
Course Orientation 1.1 1.2 1.3 |
1,7,19,22,23 3,5,7,17 1-6,11,17 |
September 12 |
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September 8 � 12 |
2.1 2.2 2.3 |
9,13,30,33,38 1,3,17,21,23,30* 13,16 |
September 19 |
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September 15 � 19 |
2.4 2.5 |
1,2,4,9,13,25,32 3,7,10,11,14,20,27 (Also Fish Pop. Prob.) |
September 26 |
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September 22 � 26 |
2.6 3.1 3.2 |
3,7,13,18,23,27 4,16,20,21 5,11,14,22,28,29 |
October 3 |
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September 29 � October 3 |
3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 |
1,16,18,21 10,19,24 10,12,18,20,28 3, 27,29 (Also Ex &Uniq. WS) |
October 10 |
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October 6 � 8 |
3.7 4.1 |
1,13,28,30 7,8,19,26 |
October 17 |
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October 10 |
Exam 1 |
Up to (and incl.) 3.6 |
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October 15 � 17 |
4.2-4.3 7.1 |
3,5,7,13,15 (Also calculate explicit solution to 3c on Exam 1) (Also this Resonance problem) |
October 24 |
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October 20 � 24 |
7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 |
4,7,12,16,28,30 4,6 1,5,7,15 |
October 31 |
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October 27 � 31 |
7.5 7.6 7.7 |
17,24,25,29,31 3,5,10,17,23 3,6,11,12 |
November 7 |
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November 3 � 7 |
7.8 9.1 9.2 |
1,2,7,16 3,6,15,17,20,21 5,9,14,19,21 |
November 14 |
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November 10 � 14 |
9.3 9.4 9.5 |
3,7,12,17,21 4 2 (added problem) |
November 21 |
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November 17 � 21 |
9.7 6.1 |
3,6,8,11,16 6,7,15,16,22 |
December 1 |
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November 24 � 26 |
6.2 |
6,8,16,19 |
December 8 |
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December 1 � 3 |
8.1 8.2 |
3a, 18 3a,14,25 (Find exact solution to 8.1.3 and compare to 8.1.3a, 8.2.3a, and 25) |
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December 5 |
Exam 2 |
All Sections covered (including 3.7, 4.1 and 6.2) except for Chapter 8. |
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December 8 |
Course Review |
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December 12 |
Final Exam |
9am � 12pm� Room:�
272 Bloomberg |
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* Note: For Problem 2.2.30 above, the JODE slope field calculator produces some weird results when numerically evaluating solutions. Think about why this may happen....