Mathematics 231
Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
Calvin College, Fall 2007

Instructor

Name: Amy Moore

Office Location : NH 285

Office Phone: (616) 526-8715

Email: abm4@calvin.edu or amybethmoore@yahoo.com

URL: http://www.calvin.edu/~abm4

Office Hours: MWThF 10:30 - 11:30, T 12:20 - 1:20, and by appointment

Syllabi

MTH 231 A: http://www.calvin.edu/~abm4/courses/m231/F07/231Asyllabus.pdf

MTH 231 B: http://www.calvin.edu/~abm4/courses/m231/F07/231Bsyllabus.pdf

Textbook

Book: Elementary Differential Equations, Eighth Edition by William E. Boyce and Richard C. DiPrima, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005

Website: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0471433381&bcsId=2021

Useful Links

Direction Field Calculators  
(Linear First Order Equations) :


Direction Field Calculators 
(Systems of Two Linear 
First Order Equations):

Euler's Method Mathematica 
Notebook:

Improved Euler's Method 
Mathematica Notebook: 

Runge-Kutta Method
Mathematica Notebook:
http://www.math.psu.edu/glasner/m251/Dirfield/Dirfield.html
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rewn/dirfld.html
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/DiffEqu/DiffEqu.html
http://www.scottsarra.org/applets/dirField2/dirField2.html
http://www.math.psu.edu/melvin/phase/newphase.html


http://www.calvin.edu/~abm4/courses/m231/F07/Euler.nb


http://www.calvin.edu/~abm4/courses/m231/F07/ImEuler.nb


http://www.calvin.edu/~abm4/courses/m231/F07/RK.nb

Quiz Solutions, Exam Topics, and Exam Solutions

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MTH 231 B
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Homework Assignments

Assignment #
Due Date
Assignment
1
Monday, September 10

1.1: 1, 8, 11, 12 (use slope field calculator), 15, 23

1.3: 7, 15, 19

1.2: 1, 15, 16

2
Monday, September 17

2.1: 7, 13, 15, 21, 25, 26 (may use slope field calculator for part (a) in 7, 21, 25, 26)

2.2: 2, 3, 9, 11, 15, 16

2.3: 3, 4, 12, 17, 20 ,21

3
Monday, September 24

2.4: 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 15, 22

2.5: 2 - 5, 8 - 11

2.6: 1, 10, 11, 13, 20

4
Monday, October 1

3.1: 1, 3, 7, 10, 12, 19

3.2: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 21, 24

3.3: 1, 3, 4, 5, 15 - 18

5
Monday, October 8

3.4: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 15, 17, 19

3.5: 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 23 - 25

6
Monday, October 15

3.6: 1 - 4, 13, 15, 18, 29

3.7: 7, 8, 10, 13, 14

7
Monday, October 22

3.8: 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 17, 24

3.9: 5, 7, 9, 10, 12

6.1: 1, 3, 5, 6, 15, 18

6.2: 11, 13 - 15, 17, 18, 22, 23

8
Monday, October 29

6.3: 2, 4, 7 - 9, 11, 13, 16, 17

6.4: 1, 3, 9, 12

6.5: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10

9
Monday, November 5

6.6: 4, 6, 8, 10, 15

7.2: 2 - 4, 8 - 10

10
Monday, November 12

7.2: 11 - 13, 14, 16, 18

7.3: 1 - 7, 15 - 17, 19 - 22, 24

7.4: 6

11
Monday, November 19

7.5: 1, 2, 4, 6 - 8, 11 - 13, 16

7.6: 1 - 3, 5, 7, 25(b)(c)(d)

7.7: 3, 4, 6, 11, 12

7.8: 1 - 3, 5, 10

12
Monday, November 26
7.9: 1, 3, 4
13
Monday, December 3

8.1: 1(a)(b), 2(a)(b), 3(a)(b)

8.2: 1(a)(b), 2(a)(b), 3(a)(b)

8.3: 1 - 3

9.1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

14
Not Collected

9.2: 5, 6

9.3: 5, 6

9.4: 1, 2