Differential Equations and Linear Algebra

News.

Oct 30: HW6 posted.
Oct 29: Exam 2 solutions now available.
Oct 22: HW5 and Worksheet 7 posted.
Oct 13: Lab project 2 now available (due: Nov 3).
Oct 13: Examples of (very random) vector space problems added -- see Notes section below.
Oct 11:  HW 4, Worksheet 5 and Worksheet 6 posted.
Oct 9: Next Engineering Fellows review session: Tuesday Oct 24, 7:30pm in ECCR 200. Please email suggestions for topics to Adam Bierman: bierman (at) colorado(dot)edu.
Sept 29: Exam 1 solutions now available.
Sept 28: Lab office hours start Friday, Sept 29 and go until Thursday, Oct 5th.  They correspond to every TAs normal office hours, but are held in ECCR 143.
Sept 27: Review handout for exam 1 (summary of the course so far) available -- see below.
Sept 25: HW 3 and Worksheet 4 have been posted.
Sept 25: Handout added on example 2 from section 40's class today (see below).
Sept 18: HW 2 has been upload as well as Worksheet 3.
Sept 20: Engineering Fellows review session: Monday (9/25) night, 7:30pm in ECCR 1B40. Please email suggestions for topics to Adam Bierman: bierman (at) colorado(dot)edu.
Sept 13: Matt Tearle (instructor for section 040) and Adam Norris (also of CU's Applied Math Dept) present The Science of the Signs planetarium show on September 14 and 15, 2006 at 7:30 pm in Fiske Planetarium. (These shows are intended for the public. Students are free with CU ID at the Thursday performance.)
Worksheet 2 now available.  An error has been corrected that was in the original handout you recieved in recitation.
Sept 9: Handout on Euler's method and numerical order available (below in notes section).
Sept 7:  Lab 1 has been posted.  It is due Oct 6th.  Start early!
Sept 6:  HW 1 solutions are posted.
Sept 4:  Recitation Worksheet 1 has been uploaded.  Find it under the lecture schedule.
Aug 14: Welcome to the new semester!

Course updates will be posted here

HW1 solutions posted.

Table of office hours posted (see Lectures and Recitations)

Lab 1 posted (goto Projects Tab)

HW2 solutions

HW3 solutions

Exam 1 solutions

Lab 1office hours in ECCR 143 now posted (09/26/10)

HW5 solutions

HW6 solutions

Exam 2 solutions

Lab 2

HW7 solutions

HW8 solutions

HW9 solutions

Lab 3

Exam 3 solutions

HW10 solutions

Final Schedule posted (see exam tab)

Important Information.

• Course syllabus
• Lecture Schedule and Homework Assignments
• Archive of old exams
• The website of the companion lab course, APPM 2460.

Textbook.

Required textbook:

• J. Farlow, J. E. Hall, J. M. McDill, and B. H. West. Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. Prentice Hall , (second edition).

Notes will be posted here as they become available throughout the course.

This course demands a prerequisite knowledge of the following (please downloaded and review):

• Roots of polynomials
• Differentiation
• Integration Techniques

A single-page summary of solution methods for first-order differential equations (the first third of the course).

A summary of complex numbers.

Examples of using Euler's method, including demonstration of order (Euler is 1st order, RK4 is 4th).

Example problems on determining whether a set is or is not a vector space. (Be warned: these are very random problems -- probably more "out there" than you'll ever really meet, but good practice at thinking abstractly.)

Examples.

Examples in Matlab will be posted here as they become available throughout the course.

MatLab functions for demonstrating chaos in Newton's method: newtfractal.m and newtfractal_boa.m. Type "help newtfractal" (or newtfractal_boa) in MatLab to see run syntax.

Policies.

Official CU policy information:

• Honor Code
• Disability services
• Accommodations for religious observances
• Expectations of classroom behavior
• Discrimination and Harassment Policy