| Week 1 | Jan 18 |
Course information, Sections 1.1, 1.2 |
Intro to DEs, solutions, IVPs |
| Week 2 | Jan 23 & Jan 25 |
Sections 1.3, 1.4, 2.2 |
Direction fields, Euler's method, separable eqns |
| Week 3 | Jan 30 & Feb 1 |
Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 |
Linear eqns, exact eqns, integrating factors |
| Week 4 | Feb 6 & Feb 8 |
Sections 2.6, 3.2, 3.4 |
Substitutions, applications |
| Week 5 | Feb 13 & Feb 15 |
Section 3.6, Test 1 | Improved Euler's method |
| Week 6 | Feb 20 & Feb 22 |
Sections 3.7, 4.1, 4.2 |
Taylor methods, RK methods, 2nd-order LCCODEs |
| Week 7 | Feb 27 & Feb 29 |
Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 |
2nd-order LCCODEs, undetermined coefficients |
| Week 8 | Mar 5 & Mar 7 | Sections 4.6, 4.7 |
Variation of parameters |
| Week 9 | Mar 12 & Mar 14 | Catch-up, Review, Test 2 |
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| Week 10 | Mar 19 & Mar 21 | Spring Break | *** No class *** |
| Week 11 | Mar 26 & Mar 28 | Sections 4.9, 4.10 |
Mechanical vibrations |
| Week 12 | Apr 2 & Apr 4 | Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 |
Systems of LODEs |
| Week 13 | Apr 9 & Apr 11 | Sections 5.6, 5.7 |
Applications |
| Week 14 | Apr 16 & Apr 18 | Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 |
Higher-order LODEs |
| Week 15 | Apr 23 & Apr 25 | Sections 7.1, 7.2, Test 3 |
Intro to Laplace transforms |
| Week 16 | Apr 30 & May 2 | Sections 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5; 1st Final Exam (outside class) |
Laplace transforms, inverses, IVPs |
| Week 17 | May 7 & May 9 | Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 |
Taylor polynomial approximations, series solutions |
| ******* | Monday, May 14 | 2nd Final Exam --- 7:00pm-8:50pm |
*** April 13 is the last day to withdraw ***