Course # 14150 Section 1842 and 24628 section 9601
Time and Location
M W F 3, 9:35am-10:25am FAC 120
Office Hour: Tuesday 11:00-12:00 in person Thursday 11:00-12:00 virtual.
Office: Little Hall 466, phone: 2942344 email; leizhang at ufl dot edu
Course objectives and Goals:
I will cover the following topics: 1 Series solutions of differential equations. 2 Matrix methods for linear systems. 3 Elementary Partial Differential Equations, 4. Eigenvalue Problems and Sturm-Liouville Equations.
Weekly schedule:
I will use about 4 weeks to cover each of the topics mentioned above.
Textbook: Fundamentals of Differential Equations and Boundary Value problems by Nagle, Saff, Snider. 7th edition preferred.
Please note that this course will be participating in the UF All Access program. Login at https://www.bsd.ufl.edu/G1CO/IPay1f/start.aspx?TASK=INCLUDED and Opt-In to gain access to your required course materials – UF All Access will provide you with your required materials digitally at a reduced price and the charges will post directly to your student account, allowing any available Financial Aid funds to cover the cost of your materials. This option will be available starting 1 week prior to the first day of classes and ending 3 weeks after the first day of class.
Prerequisite:
Grade C of Calculus 1, 2, linear algebra and MAP 2302.
Homework
Homework will be assigned after each lecture.
Final Grades
There will be three mid-term exams and a comprehensive final exam, all close to assigned homework problems. The tentative dates for
the four exams are:
Exam one: January 31 (20%)
Exam two: February 28 (20%)
Exam three: March 28 (20%)
Final exam: April 26 12:30pm-2:30pm. (30%)
Homework grades: 10%
Grading Scale
A: 88 ; B+: 85; B: 80; C+: 75; C: 68; D: 60; E:0-59
Attendance and Late Policy
ABSOLUTELY NO MAKEUPS WITHOUT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION. Requirements for class attendance and make-up exams, assignments, and other work in this course are consistent with university policies that can be found at :
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/attendance.aspx
Students that need accommodation
Students with disabilities requesting accommodations should first register with the Disability Resource Center (352-392-8565, www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/) by providing appropriate documentation. Once registered, students will receive an accommodation letter which must be presented to the instructor when requesting accommodation. Students with disabilities should follow this procedure as early as possible in the semester.
Information on current UF grading policies for assigning grade points:
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/grades.aspx
Information on course evaluation
Students are expected to provide feedback on the quality of instruction in this course by completing online evaluations at
https://gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu/
Evaluations are typically open during the last two or three weeks of the semester, but students will be given specific times when they are open. Summary results of these assessments are available to students at https://evaluations.ufl.edu/results/.