Math 341     Differential Equations     Spring 2010
- Office: Stevenson 303B
- Email: szchebol@ilstu.eduz (with the two "z"'s removed)
- Office Hours: Mondays and Fridays 3:00 -- 4:00 PM.
- Class meeting time and place:
- Section 1, 2:00 -- 2:50 MWF, STV 120.
- Text:
Differential Equations -- An introduction to modern methods and
applications. James R. Brannan and William E. Boyce
Announcements:
- (Feb 1st) Monday's office hours for this week are moved to
Wedneday 10:00 - 11:00 AM.
- (Jan 12) There were some typos in the homework assignment
below. I gave wrong section numbers and dates. It is now fixed.
- (Jan 11) Welcome to the homepage of Math 341! Please check this webpage
for announcements.
Course links:
Maple Files
System of 2 first order homogeneous autonomous LDEs (x' = Ax)
- Case A: Real and distinct eigen values
- Case B: Complex eigen values
- Case C: Real and repeated eigen values
Homework Problems
Week 8 (Mar 1 - Mar 7)
Section 6.3: 1, 3, 5, 9, 14, 16, 19, 21.
Section 6.4: 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 15.
Week 7 (Feb 22 - 28)
Section 6.1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13 (a), 13 (b), 13 (c).
Section 6.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17.
Week 6 (Feb 15 - Feb 21)
CLASS TEST 1, Review week, no homework.
Week 5 (Feb 8 - 14)
Section 5.8: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13 (a), 13(b), 15, 17, 31 (Highly
recommended).
Week 4 (Feb 1 - 7)
Section 5.6: 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 14, plus try out a couple of problems
between 16 - 23 using maple which ever you find interesting.
Section 5.7: We will skip this for now.
Week 3 (Jan 25 - 31)
Section 5.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 20, 22.
Section 5.5: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 23.
Week 2 (Jan 18 - 24)
Section 5.1: 37
Section 5.3: 1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 21, 25.
Section 5.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 20, 22.
Week 1 (Jan 11 - 17)
Section 5.1: 1, 5, 7, 13, 15, 18, 25, 36
Section 5.2: 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 25, 28(a).