Math 255 -- Syllabus

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Syllabus Autumn 2005: HW due Tuesday, Quiz on Friday; Tuesdays and Fridays are recitations.
New material introduced Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. See: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~flicker/255.pdf

Classroom: BE 394; daily at 1:30

FINAL: Wed Dec 7 11:30 - 1:18 PM
HW Tues. 9/27/05: Sect. 1.2: 6, 11, 13; Sect. 1.3: 13, 14, 18, 19, 23, 28;
Sect. 2.1: 19, 25, 27; Sect. 2.2: 6, 17, 23, 28; Sect. 2.4: 4, 8, 27.

HW Tues. 10/4: Sect. 2.6: 8, 14, 22, 26; Sect. 3.1: 14, 23, 34; Sect. 3.2: 5, 8, 14, 25;
Sect. 3.3: 16, 20, 24, 27; Sect. 3.4: 14, 20, 25.

HW Tues. 10/11: Sect. 3.5: 8, 15, 26, 35; Sect. 3.6: 11, 18, 24a, 31; Sect. 3.7: 10, 17, 32.

HW Tues. 10/20: Sect. 4.1: 16, 19, 24; Sect. 4.2: 8, 26, 35, 38.

Practice Midterm 1 (for Oct. 14, Friday): (Sect.,#) = (2.3,36), (2.6,30), (3.1,21), (3.2,30),
(3.3,18), (3.4,23), (3.5,26), (3.6,22), (3.7,32).

HW Tues. 10/25: Sect. 4.3: 11, 17, 21; Sect. 5.1: 7, 9, 25, 28.

HW Tues. 11/1: Sect. 5.2: 7, 12, 16; Sect. 5.3: 3, 7, 10, 14; Sect. 5.4: 14, 18, 25, 26.

HW Tues. 11/8: Sect. 5.5: 5, 10, 17; Sect. 5.6: 3, 6, 9; Sect. 5.7: 11, 15, 20.

Practice Midterm 2 (for Nov. 10, Thursday): (Sect.,#) = (3.7,17), (4.1,23), (4.3,18), (5.2,26),
(5.3,7), (5.4,13), (3.7,32), (5.5,28), (5.7,12), (5.8,14).

Midterm 2: Median 62; average: 64.8

HW Tues. 11/22: Sect. 5.8: 4, 6, 11, 14; Sect. 6.1: 9, 26, 27;
Sect. 6.2: 5, 21, 28, 37.

HW Wed. 11/30: Sect. 6.3: 15, 21, 27, 32; Sect. 6.4: 5, 13, 19.

HW Thurs. 12/1: Sect. 6.5: 11, 14, 21; Sect. 6.6: 2, 7, 10, 17, 20, 21.

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AU 2005, Textbook: Boyce and DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations, 7th Edition, Wiley, ISBN 0471655198, RED paperback.

Grade based on curve: 200 points for Final, 100 for each of two midterms, 50 Homeworks and Quizes.

7th Edition: Sections covered: 1.1-1.3, 2.1-2.4, 2.6 (one week); 3.1-3.7 (5 classes); R, M; 4.1-4.3 (3 classes); 5.1-5.8 (6 classes); R, M; 6.1-6.5 (5 classes); R M R (R is Review, M is Midterm).

6th Edition: Sections covered: 2.1-2.4; 2.8-2.9; 3.1-3.7; 4.1-4.3; 5.1-5.9; 6.1-6.5.

Jan. 14: Quiz 1.ps; Quiz 1.pdf;

Jan. 21: Quiz 2.ps; Quiz 2.pdf;

Jan. 28: Midterm I.ps; Midterm I.pdf

Feb. 4: Quiz 3.ps; Quiz 3.pdf;

Feb. 11: Quiz 4.ps; Quiz 4.pdf;

Feb. 18: Midterm II.ps; Midterm II.pdf

Feb. 26: Quiz 5.ps; Quiz 5.pdf;

March 9: Quiz 6.ps; Quiz 6.pdf;

March 15, 11:30-1:18 Final.ps; Final.pdf

sample 255 homepage based on Nagle-Saff 5th Edition.

SP 2001, Textbook: Nagle, Saff, Snider: Fundamentals of Differential Equations, 5th Edition.

Grade based on curve: 200 points for Final, 100 for each of two midterms, 50 Homeworks and Quizes.

Sections covered: 1.1-1.3, 2.1-2.6 (3-4 lectures), 4.2-4.9 (5 lectures), midterm, 6.1-6.3 (3 lectures), 8.1-8.8 (6 lectures), midterm, 7.1-7.9 (5 lectures).