Day Topics Sections Events
M
Intro. to differential equations
Direction fields and phase lines
1.1 - 1.2
1.3

T
Euler's method
Separable equations
1.4
2.1 - 2.2
HW 1 due
W
Integrating factors
Mathematica exploration
2.3






M
Modeling with differential equations
3.1 - 3.4
HW 2 due
T
Homogeneous second order linear equations
4.1 - 4.3
HW 3 due
W
Nonhomogeneous linear equations:
Undetermined coefficients
4.4 - 4.5

Th
Nonhomogeneous linear equations:
Variation of parameters
Damping, forcing and resonance

4.6
4.9 - 4.10
HW 4 due
F


HW 5 due
Group Work Day




M


Group Work 1 due
Test 1
T
Systems of differential equations
Method of elimination
The phase plane
5.1
5.2
5.4

W
Applications of systems
Matrix methods
5.5 - 5.6
9.1, 9.4

HW 6 due
Th
Analysis of linear systems
9.5 - 9.6

F
The matrix exponential function
Linearization and bifurcations of nonlinear systems
9.8


HW 7 due




M
Laplace transform:
Definition and properties
7.1 - 7.3
HW 8 due
T
Laplace transform:
Solving differential equations
7.4 - 7.5

W
Laplace transform:
Convolutions and impulses
7.7 - 7.8
HW 9 due
Th


HW 10 due
Group Work Day
F


Group Work 2 due
Test 2