Math 441 (C13) -- Differential Equations -- Fall, 2008

Prof. C. Ward Henson



Classes 42 and 43 (M 12/8 and W 12/10): do (9.1, page 492) # 3, 4, 11.

Classes 40 and 41 (W 12/3 and F 12/5): no new homework; exam #3 on  F 12/5; read 9.1 for  M 12/8.

Hand in homework from 7.1 and 7.5 on M 12/8 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Classes 38 and 39 (F 11/21 and M 12/1): do (7.1, page 360) # 15, 16 and (7.5, page 398) # 2, 3, 8, 15.

Class 37 (W 11/19): read 7.1 and 7.5 for next time; do (5.8, page 303) # 5, 6, 7.

Class 36 (M 11/17) read 5.8 for next time; no new problems.

Class 35 (F 11/14): do (5.6, page 284) # 1, 3 and (5.7, page 292) # 9, 16.

Class 34 (W 11/12): read 5.6 and 5.7 for the next two classes; do (5.4, page 271) # 4, 14, 20.

Class 33 (M 11/10): read 5.4 for next time; no new problems.

Hand in homework from 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on M 11/10 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Class 32 (F 11/7): do (5.3, page 265) # 7, 10bc, 12, 19.

Class 31 (W 11/5): do (5.2, page 249) # 9, 20.

Class 30 (M 11/3): read 5.2 and 5.3 (next 3 classes); do (5.1, page 249) # 7, 18, 21, 22, 25, 28.

Read 5.1  and the handout on Taylor series for M 11/3.

Class 27 (M 10/27): do (3.7, page 190) # 3, 13, 21, 22, 23.

Class 26 (F 10/24): read 3.7 and 4.4; do (3.6, page 184) # 7, 8, 28 and (4.3, page 235) # 14, 18.

Class 25 (W 10/22); read 3.6 and 4.3; do (5.5, page 278) # 3, 8, 18, 21c.

Class 24 (M 10/20): Read 5.5, especially exercise 23, page 278; do (4.2, page 230) # 11, 12, 18, 38ab.

Read 4.2 next.

Hand in homework from 3.4 and 3.5 on M 10/20 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Class 23 (F 10/17): do (3.5, page 172): # 18, 26, 38.

Class 22 (W 10/15): do (3.4, page 164) # 3, 7, 11.

Read 3.4 and 3.5 next.

Hand in homework from 3.3 and 4.1 on M 10/13 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Classes 20 and 21 (F 10/10 and M 10/13): do (4.1, page 222) # 11, 15, 19, 21, 22.

Class 19 (W 10/8): read the last part of 4.1; do (3.3, page 158) # 12, 17, 23, 25, 27.

Read the handout summarizing definition and properties of the determinant function on n by n matrices.

Hand in homework from 3.1 and 3.2 on M 10/6 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Classes 17 and 18 (F 10/3 and M 10/6): read 3.3; do (3.2, page 151) # 4, 10, 16, 25.

Class 16 (W 10/1): read 3.2 and the first two pages of 4.1; do (3.1, page 142) # 4, 17, 18.

Read 3.1 for Class 16 (W 10/1).

Hand in homework from 2.5 and 2.8 on M 9/22 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Classes 10 through 13: do (2.8, page 117) # 1, 2, 3ac, 6ac, 13, 14.

Read 2.8 and the associated handout, in which the existence and uniqueness theorems (2.4.2 and 2.8.1) are proved.

Hand in homework from 2.3 and 2.5 on M 9/15 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Classes 8 and 9 (F 9/12 and M 9/15): read 2.5; do (2.5, page 88) # 7, 16, 17a, 22, 28.

Class 7 (W 9/10): read 2.3; do (2.3, page 59) # 9, 12, 24; read 2.5 for F 9/12.

Read 2.3 next.

Hand in homework from 2.6 and 2.4 on M 9/8 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Classes 5 and 6 (F 9/5 and M 9/8): read 2.4  (including "Bernoulli equations", page 77); do (2.4, page 75) # 11, 21ab, 29.

Hand in homework from 2.1 and 2.2 on F 8/29 if you want the TA to check your solutions.

Classes 3 and 4 (F 8/29 and W 9/3):  for 2.6 read the handout on the Implicit Function Theorem and read the handout on differentiating under the integral sign; do (2.6, page 99) # 1, 4, 19.

Class 2 (W 8/27): read 2.2 and 2.6; do (2.2, page 47) # 13, 15.

Class 1 (M 8/25): read Chapter 1; this is to get an overview of the subject and to review some aspects of differential equations that you should have seen before (in calculus); read 2.1 and problem 38 (page 41); do problems 7, 17 (page 39).