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Math 3D - Elementary Differential Equations

Class is scheduled for MWF 1:00-1:50pm in PSCB 120
Office Hours (MSTB 223) are MF 2:00-2:50pm and W 10:40-11:30am

Final
Since the final is on Wednesday, March 23 and classes end this Wednesday, I'll be holding extra office hours in order to answer any questions you might have. The following extra office hours have been scheduled:
   Thursday, March 17, 10am-12pm
   Friday, March 18, 10am-12pm
   Monday, March 22, 10am-12pm
During the exam you will have a table of Laplace transforms available (which I will provide). Here is a copy of it.
The exam is comprehensive and will cover all sections covered in class up to (3.10) included.


Homework Assignments
Problems are listed in the following format: [Page (section): Problems]
Even numbered problems are mandatory whereas odd numbered ones are suggested. Solutions to mandatory problems have to be turned in during discussion on Tuesdays of the week following the one during which they are assigned.
Week 1 (Jan. 10-14): [9 (1.2): 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 20], [24 (1.4): 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17] (due by Tuesday, January 18)
Review complex numbers.
Week 2 (Jan. 17-21): [136 (2.1): 1, 2, 3, 4], [140 (2.2): 3, 4, 7, 8, 9], [144 (2.2): 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13], [149 (2.2): 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13] (due by Tuesday, January 25)
Week 3 (Jan. 24-28): [152 (2.3): 1, 2], [156 (2.4): 2, 3, 6, 7], [164 (2.5): 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10] (due by Tuesday, February 1)
Midterm I (January 28) [covers (1.1)-(1.2), (1.4), (1.10), (2.1)-2.4)].
Week 4 (Jan. 31-Feb. 4): [172 (2.6): 2, 3, 4, 10, 11], [reading assignment: 2.6.1] (due by Tuesday, February 8)
Review power series.
Week 5 (Feb. 7-11): [197 (2.8): 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10], [203 (2.8.1): 1, 2, 9, 10], [216 (2.8.2): 1, 2, 3, 4] (due by Tuesday, February 15)
Week 6 (Feb. 14-18): [216 (2.8.2): 7, 8, 19, 20], [reading assignment: 2.8.3], [223 (2.8.3): 1, 2] (due by Thursday, February 24)
Midterm II (February 18) [covers (2.1)-(2.6), (2.8)-(2.8.1) and (2.8.2 until example 3 included)].
Week 7 (Feb. 21-25): [232 (2.9): 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 23, 24], [236 (2.10): 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22] (due by Thursday, March 3)
Week 8 (Mar. 2-4): [250 (2.12): 3, 4, 5, 6,], [256 (2.13): 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12] (due by Thursday, March 10)
Review linear algebra [3.1-3.3, 3.5-3.7]).
Week 9 (Mar. 7-11): [271 (3.1): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12], [340 (3.8): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10] (due by Thursday, March 17)
Week 10 (Mar. 14-18): [344 (3.9): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], [352 (3.10): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Final (March 23) [comprehensive].



General Course Information
In the course we shall follow the textbook by Braun indicated at the bottom of the page.
TA for the course will be Paul Macklin (pmacklin@math.uci.edu).
There are two two hour discussion sections scheduled:
  Tue/Th 2-2:50 in HICF 100M
  Tue/Th 3:3:50 in HICF 100M
You are asked to take the quizzes in the section you are registered in. The quizzes are mandatory.
Mandatory and suggested homeworks will be assigned every week and will be reviewed in the discussion sections.
There will be a quiz in the discussion section every non-exam week. Quizzes are mandatory but will not affect your grade. Use them to test your ability to perform under a time constraint.
Two midterm examinations are scheduled for Friday January 28 and Friday February 18, respectively.
The final examination takes place on Wednesday March 23 as of schedule of classes.
Every Friday we will collect emails from everyone of you where you are asked to formulate a relevant question about the material covered in class during the week. We shall call this You Ask a Question (YAQ) and it will influence your final grade. Please send your questions to both Paul Macklin and myself (gpatrick@math.uci.edu) using "YAQ" as subject line.
Apart from YAQ I encourage you to ask questions in class, in discussion sections and during office hours and to avoid the use of email to that purpose. I will not reply to emails not coming from a UCI address.
The syllabus serves only as a guideline and I might not always be following the syllabus lecture by lecture.


Grading and Exam Policy
Your final grade will be based on your performance in the Midterms (20% each) and in the final (30%) as well as on homework (20%) and on your taking active part in YAQ (10%). Taking all the quizzes is a condition to qualify to receive a passing grade.
Cheating will be accepted under no circumstances and whoever is caught cheating will automatically receive an F in the course and her/his Dean will be notified.
Only fully documented absences from exams justified in advance will be accepted. Unjustified no shows in an exam will be graded with an F.
I do not grade on the curve.


Some Tips
Solve Homework problems regularly.
Read the material covered in immediately preceding classes before coming to class.
Ask any questions you might have timely and do not wait until the last minute.
Discuss the material and the homework problems among yourselves and make use of the free tutoring center offered by the Department of Mathematics.
Use homework assignments and quizzes to test your understanding of the material and your ability to solve problems within a time constraint.


Course Text
M. Braun, Ordinary Differential Equations and their Applications, Springer, IV Edition, 1993.