MTH 340
Ordinary Differential
Equations
Section 001

Gabriel Nagy
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
C-129 Wells Hall
gnagy@math.msu.edu

Syllabus
Schedule

Teaching
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Fall 2013 Schedule

This Schedule is tentative and subject to changes which must be announced in class.
The Section Numbers in this schedule are taken from the Lecture Notes.

Week 01
08/28 Lecture 1.1: Linear constant coefficient equations.
08/30 Lecture 1.2: Linear variable coefficient equations and the Bernoulli equation.

Week 02
09/04 Lecture 1.3: Separable equations.
09/05 Hw01_Tutorial, Hw02_1.1, Hw03_1.2, 100% credit ends 11:59 pm on Thu 09/05.
09/06 Lecture 1.4: Exact equations.
09/06 Quiz-01: Covers Hw02_1.1, Hw03_1.2. Lecture and Quiz in CC-415.
09/08 Hw01_Tutorial, Hw02_1.1, Hw03_1.2, 75% credit ends 11:59 pm on Sun 09/08.

Week 03
09/09 Lecture 1.5: Applications.
09/11 Lecture 1.6: Nonlinear equations.
09/12 Hw04_1.3, Hw05_1.4, Hw06_1.5, 100% credit ends 11:59 pm on Thu 09/12.
09/13 Lecture 2.1: Second order linear equations: Variable coefficients.
09/13 Quiz-02: Covers Hw04_1.3, Hw05_1.4, Hw06_1.5. Lecture and Quiz in CC-415.
09/15 Hw04_1.3, Hw05_1.4, Hw06_1.5, 75% credit ends 11:59 pm on Sun 09/15.

Week 04
09/16 Lecture 2.2: Constant coefficients: Distinct roots.
09/18 Lecture: Review Exam 1.
09/18 MLC Review Exam 1 for MTH 235, TBA.
09/19 Hw07_1.6, 100% credit ends 11:59 pm on Thu 09/19. No 75% credit.
09/20 Exam 1: Covers Hw02_1.1 - Hw07_1.6. Exam in CC-415.

Week 05
09/23 Lecture 2.3: Constant coefficients: Repeated roots. The reduction order method.
09/23 Last day to drop class with 100% refund.
09/25 Lecture 2.4: Applications.
09/26 Hw08_2.1, Hw09_2.2, Hw10_2.3, 100% credit ends 11:59 pm on Thu 09/26.
09/27 Lecture 2.5: Undetermined Coefficients Method.
09/27 Quiz-03: Covers Hw08_2.1, Hw09_2.2, Hw10_2.3. Lecture and Quiz in CC-415.
09/29 Hw08_2.1, Hw09_2.2, Hw10_2.3, 75% credit ends 11:59 pm on Sun 09/29.

Week 06
09/30 Lecture 2.6: Variation of Parameters Method.
10/02 Lecture 4.1: Definition of the Laplace Transform.
10/03 Hw11_2.4, Hw12_2.5, Hw13_2.6, 100% credit ends 11:59 pm on Thu 10/03.
10/04 Lecture 4.2: Using Laplace Transform to solve IVP.
10/04 Quiz-04: Covers Hw11_2.4, Hw12_2.5, Hw13_2.6. Lecture and Quiz in CC-415.
10/06 Hw11_2.4, Hw12_2.5, Hw13_2.6, 75% credit ends 11:59 pm on Sun 10/06.

Week 07
10/07 Lecture 4.3: LT: Discontinuous sources.
10/09 Lecture 4.4: LT: Generalized sources.
10/10 Hw14_4.1, Hw15_4.2, Hw16_4.3, 100% credit ends 11:59 pm on Thu 10/10.
10/11 Lecture 4.5: LT: Convolutions and the Solution Decomposition Theorem.
10/11 Quiz-05: Covers Hw14_4.1, Hw15_4.2, Hw16_4.3. Lecture and Quiz in CC-415.
10/13 Hw14_4.1, Hw15_4.2, Hw16_4.3, 75% credit ends 11:59 pm on Sun 10/13.

Week 08
10/14 Lecture 5.1: Linear Differential Systems.
10/16 Lecture: Review Exam 2.
10/16 Middle of the Semester.
09/17 Hw17_4.4, Hw18_4.5, 100% credit ends 11:59 pm on Thu 10/17. No 75% credit.
10/18 Exam 2: Covers Hw08_2.1 - Hw18_4.5. Exam in CC-415.

Week 15
12/02 Lecture: Review Final Exam.
12/04 Lecture: Review Final Exam.
12/06 Lecture: Review Final Exam.

Week 16
12/08 MLC Review Final Exam for MTH 235, TBA.
12/09 Final Exam: Cumulative, covering all sections.