Syllabus
M 345 Sec 1
Fall 2008
Instructor: P
DuChateau WB 126
Phone 491-6792
e-mail pauld@math.colostate.edu
M345 sec 1 MTWF
Off Hrs:
11 to12 or 1 to 4 every day (or anytime I'm in
my office)
Grading:
Take Home exams = 60%
In class exams = 40% (midterm and final)
The take home exams will be
handed out periodically (every 1 to 2 weeks).
The due date for each take home exam will be announced when the exam is given
out.
We will cover the following
topics:
Introduction to Differential Equations
First Order Equations
Second Order Linear Equations
The Laplace Transform
Linear Algebra
Systems of Linear Equations
Dynamical Systems
Textbook:
J. Polking, A. Boggess, D. Arnold: Differential Equations (2nd edition)
Prentice Hall 2006, 2001, ISBN 0-13-143738-0
The topics listed above correspond
roughly to chapters in the text but it is not required that you buy the
text unless you want to.
Notes summarizing the
lectures are available for downloading from this website. (see below)
We will not hold a regular
lab meeting (Tuesdays will be regular class sessions) but we will make use of
the computer in the course.
Notes for downloading:
Solution
Meths for 1st Order Equations
Practise Problems: 1st
order soln methods
Applications
of First Order Equations
Maple Ex for ODE Systems
(pdf file)
Practice problems:
dynamical systems
Take Home Exams:
(not yet, they will appear
later and solutions will be posted when the exams are returned)