Differential Equations (MATH 2552, Fall 2019)

Practical Information:

Instructor: Angela Pasquale
Office Hours & Location: Mon & Wed, 2-3 PM, or by appointment. Office: IL 005
Teaching Assistant: Soufiane Karrakchou

Lectures: Mon & Wed, 12:35-1:55 pm, Yellow Room
Recitations: Tue 5-6 pm & Thu, 11:30-12:30, Yellow Room

Course Description: Math 2552 is an introduction to differential equations, with a focus on methods for solving some elementary differential equations and on real-life applications.

Course Text: Differential Equations: An Introduction to Modern Methods & Applications, by James R. Brannan and William E. Boyce (3rd edition), John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Course requirements: Five quizzes (15-20 minutes), two midterms (50 minutes), and a comprehensive final exam (2 hours 50 minutes).
Homework list: [pdf]

Syllabus: [pdf]


Lecture Notes and Slides:

Quizzes:

Midterms:

Final Exam:

Homework:
Week 1: Aug 21-23
Sec 1.1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 15, (17)
Sec 1.2: 1-13, Solutions to even-number problems: [pdf]
Sec 1.3: 1-6, 13-17, 23-24, 25-26, 27-28, 33
Week 2: Aug 26-30
Sec 2.1: 1-8, 13-20, 30-34
Sec 2.2: 1-6, 17-20, 22, 31
Sec 2.3: 1-5, 10-13, 16, 19
Sec 2.4: 1-6, 7-11, (13), 15-16, 25
Sec 2.5: 1, 2, (6,7,9),10, 11, 12
Week 3: Sep 2-6
Sec 2.6: 1-12 (a) and (b) only, 15, 16, (19-21 (a) and (b))
Sec 2.7: (1-6), 13-17, 24-36
Sec 3.1: 1-5, 13-18, 27-30, 33-36
Sec 3.2: 1-8, 9(a)-10(a), 15-17 (a) only, 21-26, 30(a)-(c), 31
Sec 6.1: 1-3, 4-9
Week 4: Sep 9-13
Sec 3.3: 1-3, 13-20, 33-36
Sec 6.2: 1-6, 8-9, 11-14
Sec 6.3: 1-8
Week 5: Sep 16-20
Sec 3.4: 1-10, 13-18
Sec 6.4: 1-8
Sec 3.5: 1-12, (15)
Week 6: Sep 23-27
Sec 3.6: 7-12 (a) and (b) only
Sec 4.1: 1-7, 8-16
Sec 4.2: 1-7, 15, 18, 21, 22-25, 26, 28-33
Sec 4.3: 1-10, 27-37, 44,45, 47, 48, 51
Week 7: Sep 30-Oct 4
Sec 4.3: 52, 54-58, 62-65
Sec 4.5: 1-10, 17-20, 23a-30a, 31, 32-34
Sec 4.7: 2-5
Week 8: Oct 7-11
Sec 4.7: 2-5, 10-12, 14-16, 22-24, (39, 40)
Sec 4.4: 1-4
Week 9: Oct 14-18
Sec 4.3 (Cauchy-Euler), 4.5, 4.7
Sec 4.4: 1-4, 5a, 6a, 7, 10, 15-17, 24, 25, 29, 30, 5: 1-10, 17-20, 23a-30a, 31, 32-34
Sec 4.6: 1-4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16-18, 20-22
Sec 5.1: 1-4, 5-12, 14-17, 22-26, 28, 31-34
Sec 5.2: 1-10, 11, 12-18
Week 10: Oct 21-25
Sec 5.3: 9-20
Sec 5.4: 4-8, 11-13, 16-19, 20-21
Week 11: Oct 28-Nov 1
Fall Break
Week 12: Nov 4-8
Sec 5.5: 1-4, 8-11, 13-15, 22-24
Sec 5.6: 1-7, (19, 20)
Week 13: Nov 11-15
Sec 5.7: 1-8 (finding solution only), 15
Sec 5.8: 3-6, 7-12
Sec 7.1: 1-12 (a and c only)
Week 14: Nov 18-22
Sec 7.2: 1-12 (a,b,c only), 21, 22, 25
Sec 7.3: 1-6
Sec 7.4: 1-5
Week 15: Nov 25-29
Sec 8.1: (just need to know how to get y1, y2...) 1-4, 11-14
Sec 8.2: 17, 18
Sec 8.3: 1-2 (just need to know how to get y1, y2...)
Week 16: Dec 2-3
Review for final exam