| Week |
Date |
Chapter |
Homework Assignment |
| 1 |
March 30
April 1
April 3 |
1: What is a differential equation?
2: First-order ODE's: autonomous, separable, and initial value problems
3: First-order ODE's: dynamic perspectives
|
Homework 1
(due April 8) |
| 2 |
April 6
April 8
April 10 |
4: Stationary values, stability, and phase line
5: Complex numbers
6: Second-order linear ODE's and initial value problems
|
Homework 2
(due April 15) |
| 3 |
April 13
April 15
April 17 |
7: Homogeneous linear ODE systems and eigenvectors
8: Further applications of eigenvalues to ODE's
9: Two-dimensional homogeneous linear ODE systems and eigenvalues
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Homework 3
(due April 22) |
| 4 |
April 20
April 22
April 24 |
10: Solving inhomogeneous first-order linear ODE's
11: Solving inhomogeneous second-order linear ODE's
12: Chaos, bifurcation, and sensitive dependence on initial conditions & parameters
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Homework 4
(due April 29) |
| 5 |
April 27
April 29
May 1 |
13: Non-linear ODE systems: the role of linearization
14: Monotone and conserved quantities
15: Power series methods
|
Homework 5
(due May 6) |
| 6 |
May 4
May 6
May 8 |
16: Introduction to numerical methods
17: Runge-Kutta methods and stiff ODE's
18: Introduction to PDE's
|
Homework 6
(due May 13) |
| 7 |
May 11
May 13
May 15 |
19: Separation of variables for the heat equation
20: Fourier series for periodic functions
21: Solving PDE's via separation of variables and Fourier series
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Homework 7
(due May 20) |
| 8 |
May 18
May 20
May 22 |
22: More applications of separation of variables and Fourier series
23: Exponential Fourier series and transform perspective
24: Introduction to the Fourier transform
|
Homework 8
(due May 27) |
| 9 |
May 25
May 27
May 29 |
No Class: Memorial Day
25: Gaussians and the heat equation on a line
26: Convolution and the wave equation on a line
|
Homework 9
(due June 3) |
| 10 |
June 1
June 3 |
27: Applications of the Fourier transform
Final Exam Review
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