University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lecture Log for Math 385

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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