Math 366

Fall 2012

Course Schedule

Week starting on Sections covered
August 27 1.1 Definitions and Terminology, 1.2 Initial Value Problems, 1.3 Differential Equations as Mathematical Models
September 3  (no class Monday - Labor Day) 2.1 Solutions Curves Without a Solution, 2.2 Separable Equations
September 10 Wednesday - Exam 1, 2.3 Linear Equations
September 17 2.4 Exact Equations, 2.5 Solutions by Substitutions, 2.6 A Numerical Method
September 24 3.1 Linear Models, Friday - Exam 2
October 1  3.2 Nonlinear Models, 4.1 Preliminary Theory - Linear Equations
October 8 4.3 Homogeneous Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients, 4.5 Undetermined Coefficients - Annihilator Approach, 4.6 Variation of Parameters
October 15 (no class Monday - Fall Breather) Friday - Exam 3
October 22 4.7 Cauchy-Euler Equation, 5.1 Linear Models:  Initial-Value Problems
October 29 7.1 Definition of the Laplace Transform, 7.2 Inverse Transforms and Transforms of Derivatives
November 5 7.3 Operations Properties I, Friday - Exam 4
November 12 7.4 Operations Properties II, 7.5 The Dirac Delta Function
November 19 9.1 The Dirac Delta Function (no class Wednesday or Friday - Thanksgiving break)
November 26 9.2 Runge-Kutta Methods, Friday - Exam 5
December 3 6.1 Review of Power Series, 6.2 Solutions About Ordinary Points, 6.3 Solutions about Singular Points
December 10 Catchup/Review (last day of regular classes is Tuesday)
December 19 Final Exam, 12:00 noon

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