Math 303-074, 075 Differential Equations and Partial Differential Equations for Engineering and the Sciences
Fall 2017

Instructor: Baiying Liu

Office: MATH 616
Office hours: M, W, 1:15 - 3:15 PM
Telephone: 765-494-1971
Email address: liu2053@purdue.edu
Lectures:
MWF 9:30-10:20 AM in UNIV 219 (Section 074)
MWF 10:30-11:20 AM in UNIV 219 (Section 075)

Course Guide

Please refer to the Math Department math303 homepage for general course information such as textbook, homework, exam and grade policy.

Exams Schedule:
First Midterm: Thursday, 08:00-09:00 PM, Oct. 5th, at ARMS 1010

Second Midterm: Thursday, 06:30-07:30 PM, Nov. 9th, at ARMS 1010

Final Exam: Saturday, 3:30p - 5:30 PM, Dec. 16, at EE 129

Special rules:

This formula sheet will be provided in the final exam, including the Laplace transform table and a formula sheet on Fourier series and some partial differential equations.

Online homework WebAssign is due by Thursday evening 11:58 PM. Hand-Graded homework is due every Friday at the beginning of class. No late homwork will be accepted.

Homework must be readable and must be stapled. Illegible scribblings will receive no credit from the grader.

Quizzes will be given (basically biweekly) in the last 10-15 mins in class. Most questions of quizzes will be similar to problems of previous homeworks and examples in class.

The worst 6 homework, quizzes scores will be dropped.

Actively participating in class and working on extra problems will help improve your grade.

There are no partial credits for multiple choices problems in either midterms and final exam.

  • Schedule, handwritten homework assignments, and due dates ( subject to change).
    • Week Dates Sections in Book Handwritten Homework Due Dates
    1 08/21 5.1 5.2: 14(a)(b)
    		 09/01
    08/23 5.1, 5.2
    08/25 5.2
    2 08/28 5.3 5.4: 11, 35
    		09/08
    08/30 5.3, 5.4
    09/01 5.4
    3 09/04 LABOR DAY, NO CLASS 5.5: 6 Part(c)(d) only need to find the first three terms of each series solution
    		09/15
    09/06 5.5
    09/08 5.6, Quiz 1
    4 09/11 6.1 6.2: 23
    		09/22
    09/13 6.2
    09/15 6.3
    5 09/18 NO CLASS 6.4: 10(a)
    		09/29
    09/20 6.4
    09/22 6.5, Quiz 2
    6 09/25 6.6 No Hand-written HW
    09/27 7.1, 7.2
    09/29 7.2, 7.3
    7 10/02 Review for Midterm I 7.3: 25
    		10/13
    10/04 7.3
    10/05 Midterm I, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ARMS 1010
    10/06 7.4
    8 10/09 FALL BREAK, NO CLASS 7.5: 18
    		10/20
    10/11 7.5
    10/13 7.6
    9 10/16 7.7 7.7: 17(a)(c)
    		10/27
    10/18 7.8
    10/20 Quiz 3
    10 10/23 7.9 7.9: 1
    		11/03
    10/25 8.1
    10/27 8.2 and 10.1
    11 10/30 10.1 No Hand-written HW
    11/01 10.2
    11/03 10.2, Quiz 4
    12 11/06 Review for Midterm II 10.1: 15 and 10.2: 15
    		11/17
    11/08 10.3
    11/09 Midterm II, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, ARMS 1010
    11/10 10.4
    13 11/13 10.5 10.5: 8 and 10.6: 9(a)
    		12/01
    11/15 10.6
    11/17 10.7
    14 11/20 NO CLASS NO Hand-written HW
    11/22 THANKSGIVING
    11/24
    15 11/27 10.7 NO Hand-written HW
    11/29 10.8
    12/01 Quiz 5
    16 12/04 REVIEW NO Hand-written HW

    12/06 REVIEW
    12/08 REVIEW
    17 12/16 Final Exam, 3:30p - 5:30p, EE 129