MATH 342, Fall 2004: Differential Equations with Linear Algebra

Section 10: MWF 11:15am-12:05pm, GOR 102
Instructor: Constantin Bacuta, 532 Ewing Hall, Phone : 831-1877, E-mail :bacuta@math.udel.edu
Office hours: T 4:00-5:00 PM , R 10:30-11:30 AM, or by appointment.
Web page: http://www.math.udel.edu/~bacuta/math342/indexc.html
Course Description: A continuation of MATH 341. Topics include series solutions, Laplace transform methods, orthogonality, higher order equations, numerical techniques.
Text Books:

(E) Eduards, C. Henry, and Penney, David E. Elementary Differrential Equations with Boundary Value Problems, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River:Pearson, 2000

(L) Leon, Steven J. Linear Algebra with Applications, 6th ed. Upper Saddle River:Pearson: Prentice-Hall.


Material to be covered: (L): Chapter 3 (review), Chapter 4, Chapter 5 ; (E): Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 Chapter 6.
Homework:Homework will be assigned and will be collected regularly. Late problem sets will not be accepted unless prior permission is granted. No homework assignments are accepted after the graded assignments have been returned.

MATLAB files

NEWS & REVIEWS:

REVIEW for FINAL EXAM

Extra office hours: (W) 12/8/04, 9-11:00am and (W) 12/15/04, 3:30-5:30pm.


Exams: There will be three in-class midterm exams (October 1, November 1, December 1) and a comprehensive FINAL EXAM.
Final Grade : Midterm exams (40%), Final exam (30%), Homework and Quizzes (30%).
Attendance Policy: I encourage you to attend every class. Active participation in class will be taken into consideration.
Academic Integrity Statement: All University of Delaware policies regarding ethics and honorable behavior apply to this course.
THIS SYLLABUS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
UNIX Tutorial and A brief introduction on MATLAB

MATLAB tutorial 1 and MATLAB tutorial 2

Extensive documentations of MATLAB at www.mathworks.com