Math 285 F1, Spring 2009

Differential Equations

• Instructor: Aldo Manfroi, amanfroi at uiuc dot edu
• Class meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 2:00-2:50 pm, in 245 Altgeld Hall
• Web pages
  • Daily reading and (non-graded) homework guide (Last updated on May 1)
  • Graded homeworks and due dates (Last updated on Apr. 10)
  • Syllabus (as a PDF) (Last updated on Jan. 21)
  • Student feedback (anonymous)
• Office hours location: 231 Illini Hall, tel: 333-0217 (but it is much better to use e-mail to contact me!)
• Office hours time: Monday 8:30 - 9:30 am, Wednesday 9:30- 10:30 am, or by e-mail appointment
• Tutoring: the Department of Mathematics has set up tutoring sessions for all of the 285 sections. The hours and locations are listed on this department webpage.
• Text: Edwards and Penney, Differential Equations and boundary value problems, 4th Ed., 2008, Pearson Education. We will cover most of chapters 1, 2, 3, and 9, and part of chapter 10.
• Midterm 1: Feb. 20, in class. Material covered: chapter 1 and sections 2.1-2.3, and 3.1-3.3. A practice test can be found here. The solution can be found here. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes.
• Midterm 2: Mar. 18, in class. Material covered: chapter 3 (excluding 3.7), sections 9.1-9.2 and everything covered on the first midterm. A practice test can be found here. The solution can be found here. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes.
• Midterm 3: Apr. 24, in class. Material covered: chapter 9 and everything covered on the first two midterms. A practice test can be found here. A brief solution can be found here. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes. Bring a photo ID!
• Final exam: 1:30-4:30 pm, Friday, May 8. Location: in class. Material covered: Everything covered in class. See the daily reading guide for a partial summary. If in doubt, please ask me. Bring a photo ID! A practice test can be found here. A somewhat brief solution can be found here. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes.
• Online grades: you can check your grades for the graded homework and the tests here. Click on "Score Reports", you will be asked for your netid and password. Please check them for accuracy and report to me immediately any discrepancy with the scores you have on your homework or test. The column called no_final indicates the score you would have if you got a 0 on the final. You cannot get a score lower than this. Remember that University policy requires each student to take the final to complete the course requirements. Letter grades will likely be assigned on a 10 point scale, so that a score of 100-90 corresponds to an A, 89.99-80 to a B, and so on.