Office: North Hall 287
Office hours: 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. M. Tu. Th. F.
Other times by appointment
Phone: 616-526-6402
Email: venema@calvin.edu
Homepage: http://www.calvin.edu/~venema
| Topic | Time spent | |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Introduction | 0.5 weeks |
| Chapter 2 | First order differential equations | 2 weeks |
| Chapter 3 | Second order linear differential equations | 3 weeks |
| Chapter 6 | Laplace Transform | 2 weeks |
| Chapter 7 | Systems of first order equations | 3 weeks |
| Chapter 8 | Numerical methods | 1 week |
| Chapter 9 | Qualitative methods | 1 week |
Course grades will be based on the three tests, homework, and the final exam. The homework will
count as much as one test and the final exam will count as much as two tests.
| Due date | Assignment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday, February 1 | §1.1 # 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 |
| 2 | Monday, February 4 | Read all of Chapter 1 §1.2 # 1, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16 |
| 3 | Wednesday, February 6 | §2.1 # 2, 6, 13, 15, 21, 25, 26 §2.2 # 2, 3, 9, 11, 15, 16, 23 |
| 4 | Monday, February 11 | Read §2.3 §2.3 # 3, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29 §2.4 # 1, 2, 7, 11, 15 |
| 5 | Wednesday, February 13 | §2.5 # 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 20, 22 |
| 6 | Monday, February 18 | §2.6 # 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 19 Read pages 135 - 157 §3.1 # 1, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 19 |
| 7 | Wednesday, February 20 | §3.2 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 21, 24 |
| 8 | Monday, February 25 | §3.3 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18 §3.4 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 18, 20 |
| 9 | Wednesday, February 27 | §3.5 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 23, 24, 25 |
| 10 | Monday, March 3 | §3.6 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19a, 20a, 24a |
| 11 | Wednesday, March 5 | §3.7 # 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15 |
| 12 | Monday, March 17 | §3.8 # 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 29 §3.9 # 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 |
| 13 | Wednesday, March 19 | §6.1 # 5 - 10, 13, 14, 15, 18 Extra credit: 26, 27 |
| 14 | Monday, March 24 | §6.2 # 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 |
| 15 | Wednesday, March 26 | §6.3 # 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17, 30, 31, 32 §6.4 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13 |
| 16 | Monday, March 31 | §6.5 # 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 §6.6 # 4, 6, 8, 10, 15 |
| 17 | Monday, April 7 | §7.3 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 §7.2 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 |
| 18 | Wednesday, April 9 | §7.2 # 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20 Handout on Gaussian Elimination |
| 19 | Monday, April 14 | Handout on determinants |
| 20 | Wednesday, April 16 | §7.3 # 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 |
| 21 | Monday, April 21 | §7.4 # 2abc, 6 (Extra credit: 2d) §7.5 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 30 |
| 22 | Friday, April 25 | Read Wigner paper (Correction: read Hamming paper) §7.6 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 25bcd |
| 23 | Monday, April 28 | §7.8 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 §7.7 # 2, 4 (use the method on page 419) §7.9 # 1, 2, 4 |
| 24 | Wednesday, April 30 | §8.1 # 1ab, 2ab, 3ab §8.2 # 1, 2, 3 (Extra Credit: 14) §8.3 # 1, 2, 3 |
| 25 | Wednesday, May 7 | §9.2 # 6, 7, 8 §9.3 # 5, 6, 7 §9.5 # 1, 2, 3 |