MATH 266 Ordinary Differential Equations (Fall 2024)

Instructor: Ning Wei

Office: MATH 404
Email: wei307@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-3405

Information

Sec 117: TR: 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM 
Zoom Office Hour: Thur 10:30 am - 12:30 pm or by appointment 
Textbook: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling 6e. ISBN: 9780137540129 
Ground Rules 
MATH 266 Home Page 

Exam

There are two midterm exams and one final exam.
EXAM 1: 10/1/2024 (Tuesday), 8 PM -- 9 PM, Covers Sec 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4
EXAM 2: 11/13/2024 (Wednesday), 8 PM -- 9 PM, Covers Sec 3.5-3.6, 4.1-4.2, 5.1-5.7, 7.1 
Final: TBA 

Past Exam Archive 

Homework

Online HW: Brightspace Login 
Hand-written HW: Assignment Sheet  (submitted to Brightspace)
Grader:  Woo, Sean Shan Ming (woo69@purdue.edu)

Course Schedule

Note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change if needed.
Week Date Section Online Homework Handwritten Homework Due Date (11:59 PM)
1 08/20 1.1, 1.2 HW1 08/30
08/22 1.2, 1.3 HW2, HW3 HW02, HW03
2 08/27 1.4 ,1.5 HW4, HW5 HW04, HW05 09/06
08/29 1.5 HW6 HW06
3 09/03 1.6 HW7 09/13
09/05 1.6. 2.1 HW8, HW9 HW08, HW09
4 09/10 2.2, 2.3 HW10 HW10 09/20
09/12 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 HW11, HW12 HW12
5 09/17 3.1, 3.2 HW13 HW13 09/27
09/19 3.2, 3.3 HW14, HW15 HW14
6 09/24 3.3, 3.4 HW16 HW16 10/4
09/26 3.4, Review for Midterm 1 HW17 HW17
7 10/1 Review for Midterm 1, 3.5 HW18 HW18 10/11
10/3 3.5, 3.6 HW19, HW20 HW19, HW20
8 10/8 No Class (October break) 10/18
10/10 3.6, 4.1 HW21, HW22
9 10/15 4.1, 4.2 HW23 HW23 10/25
10/17 5.1, 5.2 HW24, HW25 HW24, HW25
10 10/22 5.2 HW26 HW26 11/1
10/24 5.5, 5.3 HW27 HW27
11 10/29 5.3, 5.6 HW28, HW29 HW28, HW29 11/8
10/31 5.7, 7.1 HW30 HW30
12 11/5 7.1, 7.2 HW31, HW32 HW31, HW32 11/15
11/7 Review for midterm 2
13 11/12 7.3, 7.4 HW33 HW33 11/22
11/14 7.4, 7.5 HW34, HW35 HW34, HW35
14 11/19 7.6, Final Review HW36 HW36 11/29
11/21 Final Review
15 11/26 Final Review
11/28 No Class (Thanksgiving break)
15 12/3 Class cancellation due to evening exam 1
12/5 Class cancellation due to evening exam 2