MA26600 Ordinary Differential Equations

Purdue University Fall 2010

Friday, November 19, 2010

Final Exam

Scheduled on Mon, Dec 13 3:20-5:20pm in LAMB F101

New! [Sample Final]
New! [Practice Problems]

Midterm Exam 3

Scheduled on Thur, Dec 2, in class, 12:00—1:15
Topics covered: Lessons 24—33

New! [Practice Problems]

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Current Homework

Please refer to the [Assignment Sheet] for the homework problems corresponding to the lesson numbers. (Boldface letters denote [Supplementary Problems])
  • due Thur, Dec 9: Lessons 33, 34, 35 (including [Project 3])
  • due Tue, Nov 30: Lessons 30, 31, 32
  • due Tue, Nov 16: Lessons 27, 28, 29
  • due Tue, Nov 9: Lessons 24, 25, 26
  • due Tue, Nov 2: Lessons 22, 23 (including [Project 2])
  • due Thur, Oct 21: Lessons 19, 20 (including [Project 1]), 21
  • due Thur, Oct 14: Lessons 17, 18
  • due Thur, Oct 7: Lessons 13, 14, 15, 16
  • due Tue, Sep 28: Lessons 10, 11, 12
  • due Thur, Sep 16: Lessons 7, 8, 9
    [Solution of problem 22, Sec 2.3] (courtesy of P.Scheiblechner)
  • due Thur, Sep 9: Lessons 4, 5, 6
  • due Thur, Sep 2: Lessons 1, 2, 3

Course Log

Covered
- Tue, Aug 24: Sec 1.1, Sec 1.2 (Example 2)
- Thur, Aug 26: Sec 1.2 (cont), Sec 1.3, Sec 2.1
- Tue, Aug 31: Sec 2.1 (cont), Sec 2.2
- Thur, Sep 1: Sec 2.2 (cont), Sec 2.3 (start)
- Tue, Sep 7: Sec 2.3 (cont)
- Thur, Sep 9: Sec 2.4, Sec 2.5 (start)
- Tue, Sep 14: Sec 2.5 (cont), Sec 2.6
- Thur, Sep 16: Sec 2.7
- Tue, Sep 21: Review for Exam 1
- Thur, Sep 23: Exam 1
- Tue, Sep 28: Sec 3.1, Sec 3.2
- Thur, Sep 30: Sec 3.2, Sec 3.3
- Tue, Oct 5: Sec 3.4, Sec 3.5
- Thur, Oct 6: Sec 3.5, Sec 3.6
- Tue, Oct 12: October break
- Thur, Oct 14: Sec 3.7
- Tue, Oct 19: Sec 3.8
- Thur, Oct 21: Sec 4.1, Sec 4.2, Sec 4.3
- Tue, Oct 26: Sec 4.3, Review for Exam 2
- Thur, Oct 28: Exam 2
- Tue, Nov 2: Sec 6.1, Sec 6.2
- Thur, Nov 4: Sec 6.2, Sec 6.3
- Tue, Nov 9: Sec 6.4, Sec 6.5
- Thur, Nov 11: Sec 6.6, Sec 7.1
- Tue, Nov 16: Sec 7.2, Sec 7.3, Sec 7.4,
Planned
- Thur, Nov 18: Sec 7.5, Sec 7.6
- Tue, Nov 23: Thanksgiving
- Thur, Nov 25: Thanksgiving
- Tue, Nov 30: Sec 7.6, Sec 7.8, Review for Exam 3
- Thur, Dec 2: Exam 3
- Tue, Dec 7: Sec 7.8, Sec 7.9
- Thur, Dec 9: Review fo Final Exam

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Midterm Exam 2

Scheduled on Thur, Oct 28, in class, 12:00—1:15
Topics covered: Lessons 13—23

[Practice Problems]

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Midterm Exam 1

Scheduled on Thur, Sep 23, in class, 12:00—1:15
Topics covered: Lessons 1—12

[Practice Problems]

Friday, August 20, 2010

Course Information

The following information is common for all sections of MA26600. This should be considered as a general guideline.

The assignments specific to your (Section 013) (homework, projects, etc) will be made precise due course.

Description: First order equations, second and n-th order linear equations, series solutions, solution by Laplace transform, systems of linear equations.

Course Webpage: [http://www.math.purdue.edu/MA266]

Textbook: Boyce, DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 9th Edition, Wiley 2008

Section Information

Lectures: TTh 12:00- 1:15 in REC 112

Instructor: Arshak Petrosyan
Office hours: TTh 9:30-10:30 in MATH610, or by appointment

Homework: Homework will be collected weekly on Thursdays, in the beginning of class. We will follow the common [Assignment Sheet], even though there could be occasional deviations. Check this site to find your current homework assignment.

Exams: There are going to be three midterm exams and a final exam (place and time to be specified). The midterm exams are going to be specific to your section, however, the final exam is going to be common (for all sections of MA26600).