Syllabus for Math 256
Applied Honors Calculus IV: Differential Equations
Fall 2007


Instructor:
J. Rauch
4834 East Hall
Email: rauch@umich.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, 2:00-3:00 PM.

Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations, 8th Edition, by W. E. Boyce and R. C. DiPrima, John Wiley and Sons.


Course Schedule

Week Meeting Date In Class Remarks/Web Postings
1 Lecture 1 Tues, Sept. 4 § 1.1, § 1.2 course info., and, 216 dfield HW handouts
Lecture 2 W, Sept. 5 § 1.3, § 2.1 integrating factor handout
Lecture 3 F, Sept. 7 § 2.2, § 2.3  
2 Lecture 4 M, Sept. 10 § 2.5 (phase line, 1/2 Thm 2.8.1 uniqueness)  
Lecture 5 T, Sept. 11 § 2.6 (exact equations) no integrating factor. See also Lecture 47.
Lecture 6 W, Sept. 12 § 2.7, § 8.1 (Euler's algorithm) no backward Euler, eulertest.m
Lecture 7 F, Sept. 14 § 2.4, 2.8 (existence, nonuniuqeness, explosion) HW1 due, no successive approx.
3 Lecture 8 M, Sept. 17 § 3.1  
Lecture 9 T, Sept. 18 § 3.2  
Lecture 10 W, Sept. 19 § 3.3  
Lecture 11 F, Sept. 21 § 3.4 HW2 due
4 Lecture 12 M, Sept. 24 § 3.5  
Lecture 13 T, Sept. 25 Annihilators, pp. 236-237. Instead of ډ.6
Lecture 14 W, Sept. 26 § 3.7  
Lecture 15 F, Sept. 28 § 3.8, Matlab ODE45 HW3 due, gravity spring m-files
5 Lecture 16 M, Oct. 1 § 3.9  
Lecture 17 T, Oct. 2 Overflow Chap 3. Second order geometry. plotting options for gravity spring
Lecture 18 W, Oct. 3 Review  
EXAM 1 F, Oct. 5 EXAM 1  
6 Lecture 19 M, Oct. 8 § 4.1 HW4 due, Wronskian handout
Lecture 20 T, Oct. 9 § 4.2  
Lecture 21 W, Oct. 10 § 4.3, Annihilators  
Lecture 22 F, Oct. 12 overflow Chapter 4 HW5 due
7 Study Day M, Oct. 15 Linear Algebra, Matthews Chapter 1 (Gauss elimination)  
Study Day T, Oct. 16 Linear Algebra, Row operations in Matlab gauss.m posting
Lecture 23 W, Oct. 17 Pert. Thry. I, Taylor's Thm., Differentiable Dependence HW6 due, Taylor posting,
Lecture 24 F, Oct. 19 Perturbation Theory II, Weakly nonlinear spring) Instead of § 5.1, Perturbation Steps posting
8 Lecture 25 M, Oct. 22 Perturbation Theory III, Nonlinear pendulum Instead of § 5.2
Lecture 26 T, Oct. 23 § 6.1, Conditional convergence  
Lecture 27 W, Oct. 24 § 6.1, 6.2  
Lecture 28 F, Oct. 26 § 6.3 HW7 due
9 Lecture 29 M, Oct. 29 Linear Algebra  
Lecture 30 T, Oct. 30 Linear Algebra  
Lecture 31 W, Oct 31 Linear Algebra  
Lecture 32

F, Nov. 2

Linear Albebra HW8 due
10 Lecture 33 M, Nov. 5 Linear Algebra  
Lecture 34 T, Nov. 6 Linear Algebra  
Lecture 35 W, Nov. 7 § 7.1  
Lecture 36 F, Nov. 9 Review, Review Session 5-6PM 4088 EH HW9 due
11 EXAM 2 M, Nov. 12 EXAM 2  
Lecture 37 T, Nov. 13 § 7.4  
Lecture 38 W, Nov. 14 § 7.5, (+ pplane.m)  
Lecture 39 F, Nov. 16 § 7.6 HW10 due, Exam sols.
12 Lecture 40 M, Nov. 19 § 7.8 No Jordan, Multiple roots algorithm posting
Lecture 41 T, Nov. 20 § 7.7, § 7.9 variation of parameters No diagonalizable
Lecture 42 W, Nov. 21 § 8.1 (truncation errors, order of accuracy)  
Thanksgiving F, Nov. 23 Thanksgiving Holiday  
13 Lecture 43 M, Nov. 26

§ 8.2, § 8.5 (improved Euler, roundoff)

HW11 due,
Lecture 44 T, Nov. 27 § 9.1, § 9.3 structural stability
Lecture 45 W, Nov. 28 § 9.2, (stability, centers) Math 216 pplane lab
Lecture 46 F, Nov. 30 Linearization, (pendulum, damped and undamped) Linearization and Perturbation Theory
14 Lecture 47 M, Dec. 3 Integrals of Motion (trajectories, energy, chemistry) HW12 due
Lecture 48 T, Dec. 4 § 8.2 pg 455 (variation of step size, the heart of ODE45) postponed till after HW12 due
Lecture 49 W, Dec. 5 § 9.4 Bimolecular Reacton posting
Lecture 50 F, Dec. 7 § 9.5  
15 Lecture 51 M, Dec. 10 § 9.6 HW13 due
Lecture 52 T, Dec. 11 § 9.6, Elbow Room and/or Review
Review session W, Dec 12 4:10-5:10. 4088 EH  
FINAL EXAMFri, Dec. 14 1:30-3:30 PM. 1360 EH.