MA 26600, Spring 2024
Ordinary Differential Equations

Credit Hours: 3.00. First order equations, second and n'th order linear equations, series solutions, solution by Laplace transform, systems of linear equations. It is preferable but not required to take MA 26500 either first or concurrently. Not open to students with credit in MA 26200, 27200, 36000, 36100, or 36600.

Course Info.

• Ground Rules (pdf)
• Assignment Sheet (pdf)

Exam Info.

• Exam 1: Wednesday 2/21, 6:30-7:30pm - ELLT 116
• Exam 1 Seating Chart (pdf)
• Exam 2: Tuesday 4/2, 6:30-7:30pm - ELLT 116
• Exam 2 Seating Chart (pdf)
• Final Exam: Thursday 05/02, 1:00-3:00pm
• Final Exam Seating Charts (pdf)

Resources

• Table of Laplace Transforms (pdf)
• Quick Student Guide to MyLabMath (pdf)
• Mathlab tutorial: Numerical Methods and .m files (pdf)
• eul.m
• rk2.m
• rk4.m
• Programs: dfield and pplane (Java Versions)
• Programs: dfield and pplane (m-file versions for Matlab 2015 or later)
• Past Exam Archive
• Practice Problems

Instructor Info

Section	Room	Time		Instructor	Office
313	PHYS 331	2:30PM	MWF	Shuyi Weng
314	PHYS 333	3:30PM	MWF	Shuyi Weng
325	SCHM 123	9:30AM	MWF	Alexandria Volkening
326	SCHM 123	8:30AM	MWF	Alexandria Volkening
337	PHYS 110	1:30PM	MWF	Moongyu Park
338	PHYS 110	11:30AM	MWF	Moongyu Park
340	WALC 3127	3:30PM	MWF	Moongyu Park
341	PHYS 202	8:30AM	MWF	Zhiyuan Geng
352	PHYS 333	9:30AM	MWF	Zhiyuan Geng
353	PHYS 110	9:30AM	MWF	Ying Liang
364	PHYS 110	10:30AM	MWF	Ying Liang
365	SCHM 313	12:00PM	TR	Heejin Lee
376	SCHM 313	10:30AM	TR	Heejin Lee
901	WALC 3127	3:00PM	TR	Jiahao Zhang
902	WALC 3127	1:30PM	TR	Jiahao Zhang
903	WALC 3127	4:30PM	TR	Guang Yang
904	BRNG B268	12:00PM	TR	Guang Yang
905	HAMP 3153	8:30AM	MWF	Jeaheang Bang
906	HAMP 3153	9:30AM	MWF	Jeaheang Bang
915	SC 239	9:30AM	MWF	Gayane Poghotanyan
916	SC 239	10:30AM	MWF	Gayane Poghotanyan

Course Materials

Section	Type	Title	Author
ALL	SUPP	MyLab Math access for online homework - ISBN 9780135998144: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling Tech Update, Loose-Leaf Edition Plus MyLab Math with Pearson eText - 18-Week Access Card. ISBN: 9780135998137 Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling Tech Update, Edwards and Penney, Plus MyLab Math with Pearson eText - 18-Week Access Card. ISBN: 9780135904206, Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling Tech Update, Edwards and Penney, Plus MyLab Math with Pearson eText - 18-Week Access Card

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