Math 385: Homework Assignments

All problems are taken from Edwards and Penney, Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, third edition.

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Homework 11: due Wednesday, May 2 by 12:00 noon in my office

9.5: 10,11,14

9.4: 4,7,8

9.3: 14,15,18

Solutions

Practice Problems: 9.7: any of 1-17 9.5: any of 1-16 9.4: any of 1-12 9.3: any of 11-16


Homework 10: due Friday, April 20 by 12:00 noon in my office

9.2: 1,6,11,use the answer to #11 to calculate the value of the sum of (-1)^(n+1)/(4n^2-1) over all positive integers n.

9.1: 14,19,21,25

Solutions

Practice Problems: 9.2: any of 1-21 9.1: any of 11-26


Homework 9: due Friday, April 13 by 12:00 noon in my office

9.1: 6,10,27, extra problem

3.8: 2,6,13

Solutions

Practice Problems: 9.1: any of 1-10,28 3.8: 3,7,8,14


Homework 8: due Monday, April 2 by 12:00 noon in my office

3.2: 2,6,15,31

3.3: 11,14,34,41

Practice Problems: 3.2: any of 1-25 3.3: any of 1-42

Solutions


Homework 7: due Friday, March 16 by 12:00 noon in my office

3.5: 1,7,10,21,35

3.6: 2,4

Practice Problems: 3.5: any second-order equation in 1-40 3.6: any of 1-18

Solutions


Homework 6: due Friday, March 9 by 12:00 noon in my office

3.3: 23,43,50

3.4: 2,4,22,32

EXTRA CREDIT 3.4: 33

Practice Problems: 3.3: any of 1-9 3.4: 1,3,15-21,24,25,30,31


Homework 5: due Friday, March 2 by 12:00 noon in my office

3.1: 5,10,18,36,40,44,48

3.3: 8

Practice Problems: 3.1: any of 1-16,17, any of 33-48 3.3: any of 1-9


Homework 4: due Monday, February 19 by 12:00 noon in my office

2.4: 2,10

2.2: 2,14,21 (Hint for 2,14: use the first derivative to check stability of critical points)

2.1: 5 (show steps involved in finding the solution!),21 (see hint for #22)

Practice Problems: 2.4: any of 1-10 2.2: any of 1-12 2.1: any of 1-8,22


Homework 3: due Friday, February 9 by 12:00 noon in my office

1.6: 2,6,16

1.3: 13,14,15,27 + IODE Project #1

Practice Problems: 1.6: any of 1-30 1.3: 17,18,29


Homework 2: due Friday, February 2 by 12:00 noon in my office

1.5: 6,16,36 (solve #16 by two different methods and show that your answers agree)

1.4: 22,47

Practice Problems: 1.4: 19,27,33 1.5: 3,7,13,33


Homework 1: due Friday, January 26 by 12:00 noon in my office

1.4: 4

1.2: 6,18,24

1.1: 10,22,36

Practice Problems: 1.1: 3,5,13,17,35; 1.2: 1,3,5,7,9,11,25; 1.4: 1,3