Math 2243: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

LECTURES:

Fall Semester, 2006
Prof. Robert Gulliver
Lectures in Physics 131
M W F 2:30--3:20 PM
Office Hours:
M 11:15, W 11:15, F 3:35
in Vincent 452.

DISCUSSION SECTIONS:

Section 31:
Antoine Choffrut
T Th 2:30 -- 3:20 PM
Rapson Hall 47
Office Hours:
T 1:25 -- 2:15 PM in Vin H 360
12:20 -- 1:10 PM in Lind H 150.

Section 32:
Varunyu Khamviwath
T Th 2:30 -- 3:20 PM
Rapson Hall 43
Office Hours:
TuTh 1:25 -- 2:15 PM in VinH 456;
MW 11:15 AM -- 12:05 PM in Lind H 150.

Section 33:
Varunyu Khamviwath
T Th 3:35 -- 4:25 PM
Vincent Hall 2
Office Hours:
TuTh 1:25 -- 2:15 PM in VinH 456;
MW 11:15 AM -- 12:05 PM in Lind H 150.

TEXTBOOK:

Differential Equations and Linear Algebra by Farlow, Hall, McDill and West. Prentice Hall, 2002.

Course syllabus.

Homework list.

EXAMS:

First Midterm Exam was Thursday, September 28.
Covered: material through section 2.2 of text.
Downloadable practice exams for first midterm exam:
Practice 1  Practice 2  Practice 3  Practice 4 (hard)
Here is The exam, with solutions; and The exam, without solutions.

Second Midterm Exam was Tuesday, October 24
Covered: material through section 3.6 of text.
Downloadable practice exams for second midterm exam:
Practice 1   Practice 2   Practice 3, with solutions   Practice 4, with solutions  Practice 5 (except prob. 1)
Here is The exam, with solutions; and The exam, without solutions.

Third Midterm Exam was Thursday, November 30.
Covered: material through section 6.4 of text.
Downloadable practice exams for third midterm exam:
Practice 1   Practice 2   Practice 3  Practice 4  
Here is The exam, with solutions; and The exam, without solutions.

The final exam will be Thursday, December 14 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM in
the Carlson School of Management building, in rooms
L-114 for section 31,
L-122 for section 32 and
L-126 for section 33.
Crib sheet allowed: one side, 8½" by 11". No calculators, no books.

Downloadable practice exams for final exam:
Practice 1: password chuv3fr   Practice 2   Solutions to Practice 2   Practice 3   Practice 4, with solutions  

Final exam covers material in the following chapters of Farlow, et al.:
  ch. 1: First-order differential equations, separation of variables;
  ch. 2: Linear DEs, logistic DE, introduction to systems of DEs;
  ch. 3: Linear algebraic equations, matrices, Cramer's rule, vector spaces;
  ch. 4: Second-order differential equations, oscillators, method of undetermined coefficients;
  ch. 5: Linear Transformations, eigenvectors;
  ch. 6: Linear systems of DEs;
  ch. 7, sections 1--2: Nonlinear systems of DEs;
  ch. 8, sections 1--2: Linear non-homogeneous systems of DEs, variation of parameters.