Spring
2017 Course PageMath 302: Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring
2017 Course Page
Instructor: Dr. Richard Brown
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Lectures: |
MWF 12:00pm - 12:50pm |
Room: Krieger 205 Room: Shaffer 101 |
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MWF 1:30pm - 2:20pm |
Sections:
TA-run section meetings
Section 1: Dan Ginsberg, Tuesdays at 1:30pm, Maryland 201
Section 2: Dan Ginsberg, Tuesdays at 3:00pm, Maryland 201
Section 3: Michael Patti, Thursdays at 3:00pm, Croft G02
Section 4: Chenyun Luo, Tuesdays at 4:30pm, Maryland 309
Section 5: Zehua Zhao, Thursdays at 1:30pm, Gilman 17
Section 6: Zehua Zhao, Thursdays at 3:00pm, Maryland 217
Section 7: Michael Patti, Thursdays at 1:30pm, Maryland 114
| Text: | Elementary Differential Equations,
10th Edition Boyce, William E. and DiPrima, Richard C. New Jersey: Wiley, October 2012 ISBN-10: 0470458321 | ISBN-13: 978-0470458327 |
Course Syllabus and Homework Assignment Schedule
There are Java Applets that are quite useful in understanding the nature of Ordinary Differential Equations. They can be found here:
| Special Note for Java: Very few browsers
still support Java. IE still does. (1) install Java: go to java.com/en and download and load. (2) configure Java: find a way to get to the configuration window (In Windows7, it is under Java in the Programs section of the Start Button.) Launch the Configuration window and go to Security. Edit the Exception Site List. Add the site: http://math.jhu.edu/mathcourses/302/jode/. Note, you must explicitly type in the "http://" prefix. Click the okay buttons to save. (3) Close your browser and restart it. Navigate over to the JODE page again. |
For now, pay attention to the Slope Field Calculators, particularly this framed version, which will load in a separate window. I suggest you play with these applets.
Final Exam Accommodations: The rooms assigned for the final exam on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 9am:
Mudd 26
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 7
Remsen 101
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Notes:
Special accommodations: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 8am in Hodson 213.
No matter which lecture you attended, please sit the exam in the room according to your section.
Documents of interest:
My Teaching Philosophy -- This is not really a part of the course. I thought I would give you a sense for what my motivations are for teaching. This will give you a sense for who I am.
Lectures
Friday, February 3, 2017. Here is some Mathematica to show solution curves.
Monday, February 6, 2017. Here is some Mathematica used in class.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017. And the Mathematica from class.
Monday, February 13, 2017. Here is some Mathematica.
The lecture for Friday, February 17, 2017 is incorporated into some of the previous and next lectures.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017: Midterm 1, no lecture.
Monday-Friday, March 20-24, 2017: Break, no lectures.
Homework Problem Sets (due in lecture):
Problem Set 1: Due February 10, 2017 (Question 8)
Problem Set 2: Due February 17, 2017
Problem Set 3: Due February 24, 2017
Problem Set 4: Due March 3, 2017
Problem Set 5: Due March 10, 2017
Problem Set 6: Due March 17, 2017
Problem Set 7: Due March 31, 2017
Problem Set 8: Due April 7, 2017
Problem Set 9: Due April 14, 2017
Problem Set 10: Due April 21, 2017
Problem Set 11: Due April 28, 2017
Problem Set 12: Due May 5, 2017
Example Problems:
Section 2.1: Linear ODE
Section 2.2: Separable ODE, Problem 2.2.30
Section 2.6: Exact ODE, Separable/Exact ODE
Section 3.2: Wronskian, Abel's Theorem
Section 4.3: VoP order-3 Example
Lecture Questions (Clickers):
Other documents of interest:
A short article from the Mathematical Association of America on good mathematics writing. Read this!
Section 2.8: Existence and Uniqueness proof and construction.
Section 2.5: Fish Problem
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