Date |
Sections of Text |
Topics |
Wednesday, Aug. 22 |
1.1 - 1.2 |
Solutions and initial value problems |
Friday, Aug. 24 |
1.3 |
Direction fields |
Monday, Aug. 27 |
1.4 |
Euler approximation |
Wednesday, Aug. 29 |
2.1 - 2.2 |
Separable equations |
Friday, Aug. 31 |
2.3 |
First-order linear equations |
Wednesday, Sept. 5 |
2.4 |
Exact equations |
Friday, Sept. 7 |
pp. 34 - 36 |
Autonomous equations, phase line |
Monday, Sept. 10 |
3.2 |
Compartmental analysis |
Wednesday, Sept. 12 |
3.4 |
Newtonian mechanics |
Friday, Sept. 14 |
4.1 - 4.2 |
Second-order linear equations; homogeneous equation: real roots |
Monday, Sept. 17 |
4.3 |
Homogeneous equation: complex roots |
Wednesday, Sept. 19 |
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Review |
Friday, Sept. 21 |
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Test 1 |
Monday, Sept. 24 |
4.4 |
Undetermined coefficients |
Wednesday, Sept. 26 |
4.5 |
Superposition principle |
Friday, Sept. 28 |
4.6 |
Variation of parameters |
Monday, Oct. 1 |
4.8 - 4.9 |
Mechanical vibrations |
Wednesday, Oct. 3 |
4.8 - 4.9 |
Mechanical vibrations |
Friday, Oct. 5 |
7.1 - 7.2 |
Laplace transforms |
Monday, Oct. 8 |
7.3 |
Properties of Laplace transforms |
Wednesday, Oct. 10 |
7.4 |
Inverse Laplace transforms |
Monday, Oct. 15 |
7.5 |
Solving initial value problems |
Wednesday, Oct. 17 |
7.6 |
Discontinuous functions |
Friday, Oct. 19 |
7.8 |
Delta function |
Monday, Oct. 22 |
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Review |
Wednesday, Oct. 24 |
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Test 2 |
Friday, Oct. 26 |
9.1 - 9.2 |
Linear algebraic equations |
Monday, Oct. 29 |
9.3 |
Matrices and vectors |
Wednesday, Oct. 31 |
9.4 |
Linear systems in normal form |
Friday, Nov. 2 |
9.5 |
Real eigenvalues |
Monday, Nov. 5 |
9.6 |
Complex eigenvalues |
Wednesday, Nov. 7 |
5.4, 12.2 |
Geometry of linear systems |
Friday, Nov. 9 |
5.5 |
Coupled mass-spring systems |
Monday, Nov. 12 |
9.7 |
Nonhomogeneous linear systems |
Wednesday, Nov. 14 |
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Review |
Friday, Nov. 16 |
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Test 3 |
Monday, Nov. 19 |
12.1 |
Phase plane for nonlinear systems |
Monday, Nov. 26 |
12.3 |
Linearization |
Wednesday, Nov. 28 |
12.4 |
Energy methods |
Friday, Nov. 30 |
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Projects |
Monday, Dec. 3 |
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Projects |
Wednesday, Dec. 5 |
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Projects |
Friday, Dec. 7 |
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Review |