Ordinary Differential Equations    MATH  285


Instructor: Ilya Kapovich

Fall 2003  Section A1

MWF, 8:00am,    Henry Administration Building, rm 156

WWW:  http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~kapovich/285-03/285-03.html

Textbook: Edwards and Penney, Differential Equations and Boundary Value problems, second edition
 

The Score Reports (Math Department gradebook program) is now up and running. All your h/work, quiz and exam grades will be posted there. You will be prompted for your NetID and NetID password after following the Score Reports link. Please check yor record regularly for completeness and accuracy.

Also I have added an instant anonymous course evaluation form for this course. Please submit your comments at any time.
The Final Exam has been graded and the final course grades have been computed and posted via Score Reports. The final exam counted as 30%, each of the two midterms counted as 20%, h/wks counted as 25% and quizzes counted as 5%, for a total of 100%, scaled by a factor of 10 to 1000 points total.
 
 
Grade   A+    A  A-   B+    B   B-    C+     C   C-   D+   D   D-   F
Points  970-100  920-969  900-919  880-899  830-879  800-829  775-799  725-774  700-725  670-699  620-669  600-619  0-599

There were 2 A+'s, 2 A's, 2 A-'s,  3B+, 6 B's,  2B-'s, 2C's, 2C-'s, 1 D and 1 F in this class. The average final exam score was 161/200.
 
 
 

  You can come and look at your final exams as well as discuss your grades on Monday Dec 22 and Tuesday  Dec 23, from 1pm untill 3pm in my office, Illini Hall 328. Note that these times are different from my regular office hours' times.
 
My office hours are Monday 10am-12noon and Tuesdays, 4:00pm-5:30pm. You DO NOT need to tell me in advance if you want to see me during the office hours. If you want to come at a different time, you need to schedule an appointment. My office is located in Illini Hall, room 328. I will also hold occasional additional office hours in the Engineering Linux Lab (usually before an IODE project is due).

The FINAL EXAM for this course is scheduled for 8:00-11:00 AM, Thursday, December 18 in our usual classroom. If this time is not good for you, you need to change your registration right now.  Keep in mind that I will not entertain any requests for "conflict" final exams from people who do not have what the university officially recognizes as a "conflict". See the official university rules about exam conflicts here.

Instructor: Ilya Kapovich
Office: Illini Hall 328
Office Hours:  Mondays 10am-12noon, Tuesdays 4pm-5:30pm
Tel. 265-0633
e-mail kapovich@math.uiuc.edu.
Grader:   Mr. Ka Lung Law, kalaw@math.uiuc.edu
 

The following materials are currently available:

Homework assignments:
 

  1. Due Wednesday, September 3: Ch 1.2 no 5-8, 25-28
  2. Due Friday, September 12: IODE "Project I (direction fields)" available here
  3. Due Wednesday, September 17: Ch. 1.4 no. 4, 5, 19, 20; Ch. 1.5 no. 7, 8, 21, 36
  4. Due Wednesday, September 24: Ch 1.6 no. 6, 7, 12, 22, 27, 32, 36, 47
  5. Due Friday,  October 3:  IODE "Project II (numerical methods)" available here
  6. Due Wednesday, October 8: Ch 3.1 no. 6,10,20,22; Ch 3.2 no. 4,9,14,17,22
  7. Due Wednesday, October 15: Ch. 3.3 no. 5, 9, 13, 22, 28, 34
  8. Due Wednesday, October 22: Ch. 3.5 no. 2, 5, 13, 27, 34, 48, 55, 57
  9. Due Wednesday, October 29: Ch. 3.8 no. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13
  10. Due Wednesday, November 5: Ch 9.1 no. 13, Ch. 9.2 no. 5,9
  11. Due Friday, November 7: IODE Project IV (Fourier Series) available here [Will NOT be graded]
  12. Due Wednesday, November 12: Ch. 9.3 no. 2,5,8,13,15; Ch. 9.4 no. 3,8
  13. Due Wednesday, Nov 19: Ch. 9.5 no. 2, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15
  14. Due Wednesday, Dec 3: Ch. 9.6 no.2, 3, 8, 10, 11
  15. Due Wednesday, Dec 10: Ch. 9.7 no. 1, 3, 5, 8, 9
How this course is graded and administered:
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