Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations

MATH 340 Sections for Fall 2009:

Section 1:
9:00-9:50am MTWF, ENGRG E206		 Section 2:
9:00-9:50am MTWF, ENGRG E203
  Gerhard Dangelmayr
Office: WB 104; Phone: 491-6451
E-mail: gerhard@math.colostate.edu
Office Hours: MTW 12-1pm		   Blake Rutherford
Office: WB 18C; Phone: 970-491-7926
email: rutherfo@math.colostate.edu
Office Hours: T 10-11am, W 1:30-2:30pm, R 9-10am
Section 3:
10:00-10:50am MTWF, PHYSL 103		 Section 4:
1:00-1:50am; MTWF, ENGRG E203
  Oleg Emanouilov
Office: WB 125; Phone: 970-491-7475
email: oleg@math.colostate.edu
Office Hours: MWF 9-9:50am, T 11-11:50am		   John Persing
Office: WB 209; Phone: 970-491-6456
Email: persing@math.colostate.edu
Office Hours: MW 2-2:50pm, W 10-10:50am, TF 12-12:50pm, or by arrangement
Section 5:
2:00-2:50pm MTWF, SHEP 212
  Oleg Emanouilov
Office: WB 125; Phone: 970-491-7475
email: oleg@math.colostate.edu
Office Hours: MWF 9-9:50am, T 11-11:50am		    
Course Description Notes and Files
Course Contents Chapter Notes

Prerequisites: MATH 255 or MATH 261 or MATH CC 255. You should be familiar with everything on this sheet (pdf)
 Course Coordinator: Gerhard Dangelmayr (Weber 104, 491-6451, gerhard@math.colostate.edu)

Textbook:  J. Polking, A. Boggess, and D. Arnold: Differential Equations (2nd edition).
Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN 0-13-143738-0.
Available at the University Bookstore.
Supplementary Text:
J. Polking, D. Arnold: Ordinary Differential Equations using Matlab
(available shrink-wrapped, with the textbook at no extra costs)

Grading Policy and Results
Exam 1 Thursday,  October 8,  5:15pm - 7:00pm Room## for
Section Exams
TBA
Exam 2 Thursday, November 12, 5:15pm - 7:00pm
Final Monday,  December 14,  5:50pm - 7:50pm

Sample Exam Problems from Previous Semesters with Solutions

Fall 2009 Exam Solutions

Allowed:
Exams 1 and 2:  2 handwritten pages of notes (= 1 sheet. No calculator, no books.)
Final:  4 handwritten pages of notes (= 2 sheets. No calculator, no books.)
Please make sure that you will be able to attend the exams at the given dates and times.  Exceptions can only be accepted in case of time conflicts with other courses, or serious illness with a physician's certification.

Computer Lab: The availability of computer packages such as Maple, Mathematica, Mathcad and Matlab provides an opportunity to easily conduct numerical experiments and to tackle realistic and more complicated problems. The lab classes will be used with two goals in mind: (a) demonstrate concepts seen in class, (b) allow you to become familiar with computer software to solve differential equations. In this course mainly Matlab will be used. In addition to the packages mentioned above, many illustrative examples can be found at Addison-Wesley's Interactive Differential Equations website. You are encouraged to explore these examples as you proceed in the course.

The computer lab is in Weber 205 on Tuesdays except on November 3rd, 2009. The section instructors will inform you on which Tuesdays your class will be in WB205. You have access to this lab at other times as well, as long as it is not in use by another course. In the first lab session you will be given a username and a password for the computers in the lab. Do not share this information with others. More lab information: click here (pdf) and here.

Tutoring: Extra tutoring for M340 is available here (courtesy of the College of Arts and Sciences).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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