Course: Elementary differential equations MAP 2302, section 220
Meeting time and place: LIT 0201, MWF 8th period
Instructor: Jindrich Zapletal
Office: 456 Little Hall, office hours MWF 9th period
Contact: zapletal@math.ufl.edu, 352-294-2343
Textbook: FUNDAMENTALS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS, Nagle, Saff and Snider, 8th Ed.
Brief description: We will cover chapters 1 through 7. This includes among other things linear differential equations with constant coefficients, systems of differential equations, and the Laplace transform. Several sections of Chapter 3, 5, and 6 will be left out.
Grading system: There will be three in-class midterms and a final, all of the same weight. The exams are open book open notes. The first midterm covers Chapters 1 and 2, the second midterm covers Chapter 4, the third midterm covers Chapter 5, the final covers Chapter 7 (i.e. the final is not cumulative). The dates of the midterms are Feb 1, Mar 1, Mar 29, all Wednesdays; the final will take place on Thursday, April 27, 7:30–9:30am in LIT201 (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. )
Sample exams etc: The first sample exam is here The first exam grades are here, the median was 88. Th second sample exam is here The second exam grades are here the median was 93. The third sample exam is here The third exam grades and preliminary grade cutoffs are here; the median preliminary grade is B. The updated sample final exam is here
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