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Math 240: Elementary Differential Equations

Previous Coverage and Assignments

August 18-August 24

Monday     No lecture
Tuesday
No lab
Wednesday
Introduction and Section 1.2:
Separable Equations
Thursday
Recitation

Assignments:

Online Assignment
Separable Equations (due Sunday, August 31)
Written Assignment
Separable Equations (due Tuesday, September 2)



August 25-August 31

Monday     Section 1.3:
Initial Value Problems
Tuesday
Slope Field Lab (Click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
Section 1.4:
Exact Equations
Thursday
Recitation

Assignments:

Online Assignment
Exact Equations (due Sunday, September 7)
Written Assignment
Exact and Linear Equations (due Tuesday, September 9)
Lab Report
Write a lab report with your answers to the 7 questions in the
Slope Field Lab instructions (due Wednesday, September 3)



September 1-September 7

Monday     No lecture
Tuesday
Section 1.8:
Numerical Methods
Wednesday
Section 1.5:
Linear Equations
Thursday
Recitation

Assignments:

Online Assignment
Linear Equations (due Sunday, September 14)
Written Assignments
Exact and Linear Equations (due Tuesday, September 9)
Lab Report
The assignment for this lab is to solve the following problems
from the text (including a comparison of the errors):
     §1.8: 1, 3, 9, 11, 17, and 19 (due Wednesday, September 10)



September 8-September 14

Monday     Section 1.6:
Change of Variables
Tuesday
Section 1.8:
Autonomous Equations Lab (click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
Section 1.12:
Long Term Behavior of Solutions
Thursday
Recitation

Assignments:

Online Assignments
Bernoulli Equations (due Sunday, September 21)
Homogeneous Equations
(due Sunday, September 21)
Written Assignments
Riccati Equations  (due Tuesday, September 16)
Lab Report
The assignment for the Autonomous Equations lab is to write a report which includes
  • A list of all the equations you considered along with sketches of the graphs (both dp/dt vs. p and p vs. t) for the equations.
  • The hypotheses you generated.
  • A paragraph for each final hypothesis explaining why your hypothesis is correct. This explanation should involve the geometric interpretation of slope and derivative.  It is not acceptable to just write that the hypothesis works for all your examples.  Each paragraph should be written in complete sentences using proper grammar and spelling.
While you may work with a partner on the lab, you should turn in your own lab report.  Your report must be written in proper English with complete sentences. (due Wednesday, September 17)



September 15-September 21

Monday     Section 1.13:
Population Models
Tuesday
Section 1.14:
Harvesting Models Lab (click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
Review for Exam 1
Thursday
Recitation

Assignments:

Online Assignment
Long-Term Behavior (due Sunday, September 28)
Written Assignments
Long-Term Behavior and Population Models (due Tuesday, September 23)
Lab Report
The assignment for the Harvesting Models lab is to write a report which includes
  • A justification for the mathematical models we used for the constant and proportional harvesting strategies.
  • A discussion of how changing the constant h changes the population and the yield for the constant harvesting model. Include a sketch of the different population curves.
  • A mathematical computation of the optimal h for the constant harvesting model to maximize long-term yield.
  • A discussion of how changing the constant E changes the population and the yield for the proportional harvesting model. Include a sketch of the different population curves.
  • A mathematical computation of the optimal E for the proporational harvesting model to maximize long-term yield.
  • A discussion of which model is best for long-term stability of the population. You may want to consider what happens if, through a miscalculation, you allow slightly too many or too few fish to be harvested (i.e. h or E are a little above or below the optimum values) or which model would have the fewest issues with enforcing limits on harvesting in real life.
While you may work with a partner on the lab, you should turn in your own lab report.  Your report must be written in proper English with complete sentences. (due Wednesday, September 24)



September 22-September 28

Monday     Sections 2.1 and 2.2:
Complex Variables and Geometry of Complex  Numbers
Tuesday
Review for Exam 1
Wednesday
Section 2.3:
Alternate Forms for Trigonometric Functions
Thursday
Recitation

Exam 1: Tuesday, September 23
 from 7:30-9:00
Recitation Exam Room
Kim (8:30, 9:30) S 063
Foss (11:30)
Van Dyke (10:30, 12:30, 1:30)
UM 105

Assignments:

Online Assignments
Complex Arithmetic  (due Sunday, October 5)
Complex Variables (due Sunday, October 5)
Written Assignment
Complex Variables  (due Tuesday, September 30)
Extra Credit Assignment
Reducible Second-Order Equations (due in recitation Thursday, October 2)




September 29-October 5

Monday     Section 2.5:
Theoretical Considerations
Tuesday
Free Motion Lab (click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
Section 2.6:
Homogeneous Equations
Thursday

Recitation

   
Assignments:

Online Assignments
2nd-Order Homogeneous Equations  (due Sunday, October 12)
Written Assignment
Linear Operators  (due Tuesday, October 7)
Lab Report
Write a lab report with your answers to the 10 questions in the Free Motion Lab instructions (due Wednesday, October 8)



October 6-October 12

Monday     Section 2.7:
Inhomogeneous Equations
Tuesday
Section 2.15:
Numerical Methods (systems)
Wednesday
Section 2.8:
Variation of Parameters
Thursday

Recitation

Assignments:
   
Online Assignments
2nd-Order Inhomogeneous Equations  (due Sunday, October 19)
Written Assignment
2nd-Order Inhomogeneous Equations  (due Wednesday, October 15)
Lab Report
The assignment for this lab is to solve the following problems from the text (including a comparison of errors as appropriate):
  • §2.14: 6
  • §2.15: 2, 6, 10, 12 (due Wednesday, October 15)



October 13-October 19

Monday     No lecture
Tuesday
No lab
Wednesday
Review for Exam 2
Thursday

Recitation


Assignments:
 
Written Assignment
Higher-Order Linear Equations  (due Tuesday, October 21)




October 20-October 26

Monday     Section 2.11:
Free Motion
Tuesday
Review for Exam 2
Wednesday
Section 2.12:
Forced Motion
Thursday

Recitation

Exam 2: Tuesday, October 21
 from 7:30-9:00
Recitation Exam Room
Kim (8:30, 9:30) S 063
Foss (11:30)
Van Dyke (10:30, 12:30, 1:30)
UM 105


Assignments:
 
Online Assignments
Spring-Mass Systems (due Sunday, November 2)
LRC Circuits (due Sunday, November 2)
Written Assignment
Applications of Linear Equations (due Tuesday, October 28)
Extra Credit Assignment
Boundary Value Problems (due Thursday, October 30)




October 27-November 2

Monday     Section 3.1 and 3.2:
Laplace Transforms and the Gamma Function
Tuesday
Forced Motion Lab (click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
Section 3.3:
Solving Differential Equations with Laplace Transforms
Thursday

Recitation


Assignments:
 
Online Assignments
Laplace Transforms  (due Sunday, November 9)
Inverse Laplace Transforms
  (due Sunday, November 9)
Written Assignment
Laplace Transforms  (due Tuesday, November 4)

Lab Report
Write a lab report with your answers to the 7 questions in the Forced Motion Lab instructions (due Wednesday, November 5)



November 3-November 9

Monday     Section 3.5:
Impulse Functions
Tuesday
Stability Lab (click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
Section 3.6 and 3.7:
Convolutions and Systems of Equations
Thursday

Recitation

Assignments:
 
Online Assignments
Impulse Functions  (due Sunday, November 16)
First-order Linear Systems (due Sunday, November 16)
Written Assignment
Solving Differential Equations
Using Laplace Transforms
  (due Tuesday, November 11)
Lab Report
Write a lab report with your answers to the questions in bold face from the  Stability Lab instructions (due Wednesday, November 12)



November 10-November 16

Monday     Nonlinear Systems
Tuesday
Linear Systems Lab (click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
Review for Exam 3
Thursday

Recitation

Assignments:
  
Written Assignment
Systems of Differental Equations  (due Tuesday, November 18)
Lab Report
Write a lab report with your answers to the questions in bold face from the   Linear Systems Lab instructions (due Wednesday, November 19)



November 17-November 23

Monday     Sections 4.1 and 4.2:
Power Series and Radius of Convergence of a Power Series
Tuesday
Review for Exam 3
Wednesday
Section 4.3:
Series Solutions
Thursday

Recitation

Exam 3: Tuesday, November 18
 from 7:30-9:00
Recitation Exam Room
Kim (8:30, 9:30) S 063
Foss (11:30)
Van Dyke (10:30, 12:30, 1:30)
UM 105

Assignments:
 
Online Assignment
Series Solutions  (due Sunday, November 30)
Written Assignment
Power Series and Radius of Convergence  (due Tuesday, November 25)
Extra Credit
Differentiation of Laplace Transforms (due in Recitation, December 4)



November 24-November 30

Monday     Section 4.3 and Section 4.4:
Series Solutions and Radius of Convergence
Tuesday
Radius of Convergence Lab (click here for instructions in pdf format)
Wednesday
No lecture
Thursday

No recitation


Assignments:
    Online Assignment
Radius of Convergence  (due Monday, December 8)
Euler Equations
(due Monday, December 8)
Written Assignment
Series Solutions  (due Tuesday, December 2)
Lab Report
Write a lab report with your answers to the questions in bold face from the   Radius of Convergence Lab instructions (due Wednesday, December 3)



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