| Date | Topics covered | Reference | Date | Topics covered | Reference | Date | Topics covered | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/15 | NO CLASS (MLK Day) | 1/17 | introduction | 1.1 | 1/19 | solving DE's by integration | 1.2 | ||||
| 1/22 | separable differential equations | 1.4 | 1/24 | IODE LAB #1 | 1.3 | 1/26 | first-order linear equations | 1.5 | |||
| 1/29 | first-order linear equations continued (QUIZ 1 Solutions) | 1.5 | 1/31 | miscellaneous methods for first-order equations | 1.6 | 2/2 | existence and uniqueness theorem for first-order equations | 1.3 | |||
| 2/5 | population models, phaseline analysis, stability | 2.1,2.2 | 2/7 | IODE LAB #2 | 2.4 | 2/9 | follow-up on Euler's method (QUIZ 2 Solutions) | 2.4,2.5 | |||
| 2/12 | review of Chapters 1 and 2 | 2/14 | NO CLASS (snow day) | 2/16 | introduction to higher-order linear equations | 3.1 | |||||
| 2/19 | second-order linear equations (continued) | 3.1 | 2/21 | constant coefficient linear equations: real roots to the characteristic equation | 3.1 | 2/23 | Midterm Exam #1 Solutions) | Study Guide and Practice Problems for Midterm Exam #1 | |||
| 2/26 | constant coefficient linear equations (continued): complex roots to the characteristic equation | 3.3 | 2/28 | geometry of complex numbers | 3.3 | 3/2 | mechanical vibrations | 3.4 | |||
| 3/5 | mechanical vibrations (continued) (QUIZ 3 Solutions) | 3.4 | 3/7 | inhomogeneous equations: method of undetermined coefficients | 3.5 | 3/9 | inhomogeneous equations: method of undetermined coefficients (continued) | 3.5 | |||
| 3/12 | forced mechanical vibrations | 3.6 | 3/14 | IODE LAB #3 | 3.6 | 3/16 | forced mechanical vibrations (continued) | 3.6 | |||
| 3/26 | higher-order linear equations | 3.2 | 3/28 | differential operators, linear independence | 3.2 | 3/30 | linear independence, Wronskian inhomogeneous equations: method of variation of parameters |
3.2, 3.5 | |||
| 4/2 | boundary value problems (QUIZ 4 Solutions) | 3.8 | 4/4 | review of higher-order equations | 4/6 | Midterm Exam #2 | Study Guide and Practice Problems for Midterm Exam #2 | ||||
| 4/9 | periodic functions and orthogonality | 9.1 | 4/11 | Fourier series | 9.1, 9.2 | 4/13 | Fourier series (continued) | 9.2 | |||
| 4/16 | IODE LAB #4 | 9.1,9.2 | 4/18 | Fourier sine and cosine series (QUIZ 5 Solutions) | 9.3 | 4/20 | using Fourier series to solve boundary value ODE's | 9.4 | |||
| 4/23 | using Fourier series to solve boundary value ODE's (continued) | 9.4 | 4/25 | heat equation | 9.5 | 4/27 | heat equation (continued) (QUIZ 6 Solutions) | 9.5 | |||
| 4/30 | Laplace's equation | 9.7 | 5/2 | Laplace's equation (continued) | 9.7 |