Course: Elementary differential equations MAP 2302, section 3228
Meeting time and place: LIT 0127, MWF 7th period
Instructor: Jindrich Zapletal
Office: 456 Little Hall, office hours MWF 5:30–7:00pm
Contact: zapletal@math.ufl.edu, 352-294-2343
PLEASE REFER TO THE CLASS CANVAS SITE FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION
Textbook: FUNDAMENTALS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS, Nagle, Saff and Snider, 7th Ed. The All Access instructions for purchasing the e-text are here.
Brief description: We will cover roughly chapters 1 through 8. This includes among other things linear differential equations with constant coefficients, systems of differential equations, and the Laplace transform. We leave out Chapter 6 entirely and only the first couple of sections of Chapter 8 will be covered .
Grading system: There will be two in-class midterms and a final, all of the same weight. All of them are open notes exams. The first midterm covers Chapters 1, 2, and 3, the second midterm covers Chapters 4 and 5, and the final covers Chapters 7 and 8 (i.e. the final is not cumulative). The dates of the midterms are Sep 25 and Oct 30, both Wednesdays; the final will take place on Thursday, Dec. 12th, 10:00am–12:00 noon in LIT0127 (the usual class meeting place). Homework will be assigned at the end of almost every lecture; these assignments will not be collected or graded. Attendance will not be taken. The total grade will be determined using a straight scale (i.e. A=94-100, A-=90–93 etc. )
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