Math 217: Differential Equations, Spring 2010

                  

 Classes Meet:

Joe Lakey

MT-RF-- 10-11 (Section 1) 12-1 (Section 2)

Busch 100

Instructor

Teaching Assistant

Text 

Review Session

Office Hours 

 

Joe Lakey

M, T: 11-12, Th, 1-2 or by appt.

Cupples I, 105

Kelly Bickel

T: 2-3

Lopata, 323


Course Webpages

 


Prerequisite

Lectures


Homework

·       You will have graded homework turned in every Thursday at the beginning of Thursday's lecture.  Late homework will not be accepted! In addition to the problems to be collected and graded, additional recommended problems will be assigned, but not collected.  Exam problems often will be similar, but not identical, to assigned problems.

·       Put the following information at the top left corner of each page of your homework: full name, student ID, list of problems turned in, assignment number, and the due date. The homework that you turn in will be graded on several factors including accuracy and neatness. It is your responsibility to make sure that the grader can understand your work.

Exams

Exam 1

February 9

6:30-8:30p.m.

Exam 2

March 16

6:30-8:30p.m.

Exam 3

April 13

6:30-8:30p.m.

Final

May 7

10:30a.m.-12:30p.m.

 

The final exam date cannot be changed for reasons of traveling convenience.

·   Your Washington U photo ID card

·   Several pencils (with erasers)

·   An approved scientific calculator (see policy below)

·   3x5 note card with any helpful notes you care to make.

Please do not bring the following with you to your exam:

·   Notes other than the 3x5 card

·   Scratch paper (there is plenty of room to write on the test booklet)

·   Non-approved devices

Sample Exams

·       Sample test will be posted approximately one week before each evening test. Exams from previous semesters can be found on the Math department web page.

 

 

Grading scale 

A

90

B

75

C

60

D

50

Calculator Policy

 

 

Academic Integrity

 

Homework assignments (subject to change until the Thursday before the assignment is due)


Week 1 (due 1/28) 1.1 #28; 1.2 #26, 38, 39; 1.3 # 6, 16, 18, 27; 1.4 #12, 25, 64

         Suggested:  1.1. #21, 29; 1.2 #28, 37, 40, 41; 1.3 #19, 21; 1.4 # 18, 27, 59


Week 2 (due 2/4) 1.4 # 34, 49; 1.5 #7, 22, 24, 30, 33, 38; 1.6 #2, 8, 23, 31, 37; 2.1 #5, 9, 18; 2.2 #10, 11, 21

Suggested: 1.4 #45, 43; 1.5 # 23, 25, 37, 39; 1.6 # 3, 10, 27, 33, 39, 56; 2.2 # 7, 9


Week 3 (due 2/11) Study for Test 1 http://www.math.wustl.edu/~kbickel/practicetest1.pdf 

                           Solutions for the practice test: http://www.math.wustl.edu/~kbickel/practicetest1_solutions.pdf  (Note: for #3 , both III and IV are exact)


Week 4 (due 2/18) 2.3 #1, 2, 7, 25, 26; 2.4 #2, 5, 9; 2.5 #3,5

Suggested: 2.3 # 3; 2.4 # 3, 7; 2.5 # 4


Week 5 (due 2/25) 3.1 #2, 10, 20, 21, 32, 33, 36, 40; 3.2 #4, 12, 24, 30 3.3 #5, 9, 12, 18, 23, 33

         Suggested: 3.1 #’ 3, 11, 23, 25, 31, 37, 41; 3.2 # 3, 11, 23; 3.3 # 7, 11, 19, 25, 35


Week 6 (due 3/4)  3.4 #3, 4, 8, 13; 3.5 #7, 10, 18, 28, 33, 39 3.5 #52, 55, 57, 59, 60; 3.6 #2, 6, 7, 15, 24

Correction for problem 60! The complimentary solution given is incorrect, the correct complimentary solution is y_c=C_1 x^{1/2}+C_2 x^{3/2}. Using this complimentary solution will give the correct answer.

         Suggested:  34 #’s 2, 5, 6, 14 ; 3.5 #’s 13, 16, 27, 34, 37, 51, 54, 58; 3.6 #’s 5, 7, 17, 25


Week 7 (due 3/18) UPDATED SOLUTIONS!: http://www.math.wustl.edu/~kbickel/DE_practice2_solutions.pdf  
 
Week 8 (due 3/25) 4.1 #3, 4, 15, 18, 24, 25; 4.2 # 14,20,30,34,38, 43 5.1 #3, 4, 9, 12

Week 9 (due 4/1)  5.2 #2,6,15,26,29; 5.3 # 3,9,13; 5.4 #2, 9,15, 24, 25, 28, 33


Week 10 (due 4/8) 5.5 # 1,4,15; 5.6 # 5,19,25; 7.1 # 1,5,8,17,19,21; 7.2 # 7,15,37


Week 11 (due 4/15) Study for Test 3 http://www.math.wustl.edu/~kbickel//practicetest3.pdf 

                           Solutions for the practice test: http://www.math.wustl.edu/~kbickel/exam3_practice_solutions.pdf


Week 12 (due 4/22) 7.3 # 10, 19, 38; 7.4 # 22, 27; 7.5 # 15, 30, 38; 7.6 # 8, 18

 

Week 13(due 4/28) 8.1 # 12, 14, 25; 8.2 # 7, 14, 32, 33; 8.3 #1, 19, 25