Math 2410Q — Elementary Differential Equations

Spring 2012

 

Instructor Information

 

Instructor:

Ilke Canakci

Website:

www.math.uconn.edu/~Canakci

Email:

ilke.canakci@uconn.edu

Office:

MSB 233

Office Hours:

Wed 10-11 am and noon-1 pm, Th 12:50-1:50 pm, or by appointment.

 

Course Information

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Section 003:

TTh 2:00-3:15pm in MSB 215

Course Text:

Differential Equations, third edition, by Blanchard, Devaney, and Hall.

 

Grading Breakdown

 

Quizzes

Weekly, on Thursdays.

20%

Exam 1

Thursday, February 16.

25%

Exam 2

Thursday, March 29.                                                               

25%

Final Exam                             

TBA                                                                                                                         

30%

 

Announcements

                       

á              Click here for take-home quiz 8. The deadline is April 19, 7pm.

á              The final exam will be held in MSB 215 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm on 5/1/12.

á              The review session for Exam 1 will be held in MSB 311 on February 14, Tu, from 5-8 pm.

 

Quiz Solutions

 

á             Solution to Exam 1 by Anna Sung

á              Solution to take-home quiz by Justin Morse Part 1 Part 2

á              Solution to quiz 5 by Anne Sung

á              Solution to quiz 4 by Justin Morse

á              Solution to quiz 3 by Anne Sung

á             Solution to quiz 2

á             Solution to quiz 1

 

Course Outline

 

Section

Title

Suggested Problems

1.1

Modeling via Differential Equations

1.1.2-3, 1.1.5, 1.1.8-11

1.2

Separation of Variables

1.2.1-35 (odd)

1.3

Slope Fields

1.3.1, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.4.8, 1.3.11, 1.3.14, 1.3.15, 1.3.18

1.4

Euler's Method

1.4.5-9, 1.4.11-12

1.5

Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions

1.5.1, 1.5.4, 1.5.9, 1.5.11, 1.5.14

1.6

Equilibria and Phase Lines

1.6.1-37 (odd), 1.6.43

1.7

Bifurcations

1.7.1-15 (odd), 1.7.18-19

1.8

Linear Equations

1.8.1-24

1.9

Integrating Factors for Linear Equations

1.9.1-27

2.1

Modeling via Systems

2.1.1-19 (odd)

2.2

Geometry of Systems

2.2.1-19(odd)

2.3

Analytic Methods for Special Systems

2.3.1-4, 2.3.5-6, 2.3.15-19(odd)

2.4

Euler's Method for Systems

2.4.1-5(odd), 2.4.7-9

3.1

Properties of Linear Systems and the Linearity Principle

3.1.1-33(odd)

3.2

Straight-Line Solutions

3.2.1-25(odd)

3.3

Linear Systems with Real Eigenvalues

3.3.1-19(odd)

3.4

Linear Systems with Complex Eigenvalues

3.4.1-13(odd), 3.4.16, 3.4.23

3.5

Linear Systems with Repeated and Zero Eigenvalues

3.5.1-8(skip (e)), 3.5.11, 3.5.15, 3.5.17-19

3.6

Second-Order Linear Equations

3.6.1-27 (odd), 3.6.32-33

4.1

Forced Harmonic Oscillators

4.1.1-2, 4.1.5, 4.1.10(1,2), 4.1.11, 4.1.19-21

4.2

Sinusoidal Forcing

4.2.1, 4.2.3-4, 4.2.6, 4.2.12(1,2), 4.2.13, 4.2.15, 4.2.22

6.1

Laplace Transforms

6.1.1, 6.1.4, 6.1.6, 6.1.8, 6.1.10, 6.1.14-15, 6.1.17, 6.1.23

6.2

Discontinuous Functions

6.2.1, 6.2.3, 6.2.6, 6.2.7, 6.2.9, 6.2.12, 6.2.14(1,2), 6.2.15

6.3

Second-Order Equations

6.3.11, 6.3.13-17 (odd), 6.3.18, 6.3.27, 6.3.29-33 (odd)