MA 3520: Elementary Differential Equations

Useful stuff:

• Office Hours: MTWR 9 - 10 am or by appointment in Fisher 327A
• Math Learning Center Hours: MTWRF 11 - 4.
• Here be the Calculus Review for your first individual homework (This is just a refresher -- the assignment you must do is below under "Individual Homework 1").
• Some useful Differentiation and Integration review and some sample problems.

Labs:

• Lab 1: Introduction to DEs with Mathematica.
• Lab 2: Slope Fields.
• Lab 3: Numerical Methods.
• Lab 4: Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg.

News:

• Individual Homework 1: First, go through the Calculus Review above. Then do the Calculus Review Assignment and follow the instructions on your first worksheet.
• Miscellaneous Homework (not due): Read Lockhart's Lament (there is a link on the page). It's an interesting look at mathematics education.
• Complete list of "For more practice" problems:
  • 1.1: 11, 13, 19
  • 1.2: 1 - 6
  • 2.1: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27
  • 2.6: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
  • 9.2: 3, 5, 11
  • 2.2: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 33-36
  • 4.1: 1 - 4, 6, 13, 15-21, 23, 27, 28
  • 4.3: 3-10, 15-19, 29-35
  • 4.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 35-53
  • 5.1: 1, 5, 6, 17-20, 21, 23
  • 4.2: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11
  • 4.6: 1, 3, 5, 11, 15
  • 8.1: 1-6, 7-10, 11, 13, 17, 21
  • 8.2: 3-8, 13, 24, 34-40
  • Misc: Practice derivative rules and integration rules.