Math 331.2: Spring 2014

Class Meeting : Tu-Th 1:00--2:15, LGRC A 301

Instructor : Luc Rey-Bellet

Office :  1423 J LGRT
Phone :  545-6020
E-Mail :   luc <at> math.umass.edu
Homepage:   http://www.math.umass.edu/~lr7q
Office Hours :   Th 11:00--12:00,   Friday 1:00--2:00,   or by appointment.

Teaching Assistants:

Instructor :  Kostis Gourgoulias
E-Mail : gourgoul@math.umass.edu

Office Hours :
Monday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm LGRC 121
Friday 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm LGRC A301

Instructor :  Joy Yu
E-Mail : jyu@math.umass.edu

Office Hours :
Tuesday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm LGRT 171
Wednesday 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm LGRC A301

Instructor :  Haitian Yue
E-Mail : hyue@math.umass.edu

Office Hours :
Monday 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm LGRC A301
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm LGRT A203

Syllabus: This course is an introduction to ordinary differential equations. The topics covered in this class are

• First order linear and nonlinear equations: analytic and geometric methods, qualitative analysis.

• Second order linear differential equations. Forcing and resonances.

• Laplace transform methods.

• Systems of linear differential equations: eigenvalues and eigenvectors, phase portraits.

• Numerical methods.

Prerequisites are Math 132, corequisite are Math 233.

Text: Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Tenth edition by Erwin Kreyszig. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (ISBN: 978-0-470-45835-5)

Course Web page: Please bookmark www.math.umass.edu/~lr7q/m331-spring2014/m331home.html The page will be updated regularly. Check it often for informations about quizzes, homework, exams!

Online Homework: Please bookmark the Webwork homepage. You can access your weekly homework there.

Your login is the first part of your email address: If your email is dfgg@umass.edu, your login is dfgg. Your password is currently set to be your student ID. When you login for the first time you should change your password.

It is a good idea to print out a copy your homework and add it to your notes.

Grading: There one midterm exam worth 1/3 of the grade and one final exam worth 1/3 of the grade. Homework are assigned weekly and done on-line on the Webwork system.

  Scales for letter grades:     A : 90     A-: 87     B+: 83     B : 80     B-: 77     C+: 73     C : 70     C-: 67    D+: 63    D : 60     F : <60

Exam schedule: There will one midterm exam and one final exam. The material covered in the first midterm will be announced in due time. The final exam is comprehensive but will cover mostly the material of the second half of the semester.

• Midterm:     Wednesday March 12     Room: LGRC A301     Time: 7:00pm--9:00pm
  Practice material: Practice problems  

• Final:     Monday May 5     Room: Thompson 102     Time: 8:00 am--10:00 am
  Practice material: Practice problems     and     Table of Laplace transforms

Weekly Schedule: Homework, Quizzes, and Exams

• Week 1 (January 20):

  Homework : Sections 1.1, 1.2 (due on Th Jan 30 in class on paper) Homework #1

• Week 2 (January 27):

  Homework : Sections 1.3, 1.4

• Week 3 (February 3): Monday February 3 is the last day to drop with no record

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• Week 4 (February 10):

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• Week 5 (February 17): Monday February 17 is a holiday, tuesday follows a Monday schedule

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• Week 6 (February 24):

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• Week 7 (March 3):

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• Week 8 (March 10):

  MIDTERM on Wednesday March 12, 7:00--9:00 pm, in LGRC A301 : Sections up to 2.5 included

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• Week 9 (March 17): (Spring break week)

• Week 10 (March 24):

  Homework : Section

• Week 11 (March 31):

  Homework : Section

• Week 12 (April 7):

  Homework : Sections

• Week 13 (April 14):

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• Week 14 (April 21): Monday April 21 is a holiday, Wednesday follows Monday schedule

  Homework : Sections

• Week 15 (April 28): Wednesday April 30 is the last day of classes

  Homework : Sections

• Week 16 (May 3):