Math2208 - Differential Equaions
General Information
Instructor: Prof. Scott Rodney, A-129-B
Where and When:
Lecture: Monday & Wednesday 410-525pm A233
Office Hours: TBA or by email appointment: scott_rodney@cbu.ca.
Text: Elementary Differential Equations, enhanced E-text, 11th ed. Authors: Boyce, Diprima, and Meade. The text is not required for this class but we will follow it closely. If you would like to purchase it, I do encourage it.
Outlines & Syllabus
Outline (Read This):
Course OutlineSyllabus
| Topic | Chapter |
|---|---|
| Why Diff. Eq's? What is a solution? Classification of Diff Eq's. | Chapter 1 |
| First Order Equations (linear, separable, exact) | Chapter 2 |
| Second Order Equations (Linear Equations) | Chapter 3 |
| n-th order linear equations | Chapter 4 |
| Series Solutions to first and second order equations | Chapter 5 |
| Laplace Transforms and systems of linear equations | Chapter 6 |
Grading Scheme
| Homework | 10% |
|---|---|
| Lab | 20% |
| Midterm Test | 25% |
| Final Exam | 45% |
| Lecture Notes | Questions | Comments |
|---|
| Week 1 Lecture Notes HERE. |
| Week 2 Lecture Notes HERE. |
| Week 3 Lecture Notes Part 1 HERE. Part 2 HERE. |
| Week 4 Lecture Notes Part 1 HERE. |
| Week 5 Lecture Notes HERE. |
| Week 6~7 Lecture Notes HERE.
At the end, there are notes on the motion of a simple pendulum. Here is the free oscillation animation on Desmos: |
| Reading Week homework #4: Below is an example of how to display the bonus. You see three masses bouncing, the leftmost is the mass in problem #1, the second is free oscillations (F(t)=0), and the right is for the mass in problem #2. |