Course Outline (3 hours)
Solutions to, and applications of, linear differential equations of order n (with n >=1) and linear systems of differential equations.

Prerequisite: Calculus III (Math 335), which may be taken concurrently.

Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations, 9th edition, by Boyce and DiPrima.

Class Times: 12:00 - 12:50am MWF in SC 3203.

Office Hours: 9-11am MTF.

Syllabus: Syllabus, Course Outline and Tentative Schedule.

Welcome to Differential Equations!

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Solutions to the second test. The second test was Wednesday October 28, and covered Chapter 3, sections 1 through 6.

Solutions to the first test.  The first test was on Monday September 28th, and covered Chapter 1, together with Chapter 2 sections 2.1-4 and 2.6.

Four homework assignments will be collected and graded.

Assessment	Due Date	Solutions
1.3: 8, 17 2.1: 14, 19	Sept 11th	HW 1
2.2: 28, 30	Sept 18th	HW 2
2.3: 14 2.4: 9, 15	Sept 23rd	HW 3 with Mathematica
3.1: 20 3.2: 10, 26, 38	Oct 12th	HW 4
3.3: 25 3.4: 18, 28 3.5: 15, 17	Oct 21	HW 5
6.1: 26, 27	Nov 13	HW 5

Mathematica Worksheets

A few graphs we saw in class for section 2.2.

Practice Problems

To learn mathematics effectively you must solve problems. Once material has been covered in class, it is expected that you will work through a significant number of problems in the relevant section of the text.