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Math 20D General Information
Fall 2006

Announcements for Final:

My office hours during exam week are:

  • Wed 1-3pm (as opposed to the previously announced 11am-12pm)

  • Thurs 2-4pm

    • The final is on Fri 3-6pm at WLH 2001.

    There is a sample final and solution available below.

    Course Information

    This is a course on Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE). Differential equations are important because the laws of nature are typically expressed as differential equations. Indeed, whenever one uses mathematical models to study some phenomena (eg. in economics), differential equations are involved. The main purpose of the course is to introduce some basic techniques for solving linear ODE's, or at least to gain a qualitative understanding of their behaviour.

  • Class time and Location: MWF 3-3:50 pm at Warren Lecture Hall 2001.

  • Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations (8th Edition), by W. Boyce and R. DiPrima

  • Reading: it will be very helpful if you have read through the relevant sections of the textbook before each class (see the calender below for the schedule).

  • MATLAB: there will be MatLab assignments given by your TA's. For this, see Matlab Computer Lab Assignments. The MATLAB location is at CLICS (in Galbraith Hall). Click the links for directions and hours .

  • Homework and Exams: see below

  • Grades will be computed based on the following scheme: HW 20%, Matlab 5%, Midterm 30%, Final 45%.

  • Instructor: Wee Teck Gan, Office: AP&M 7240, Tel :534-0997, email: wgan@math.ucsd.edu

  • Office Hourse: Tues, 4-5pm and Wed 11am-12pm.

  • Sections: C01-06, 10am-3:50pm at HSS 1128A

    • Teaching Assistants:
    Name Time Place Office Office Hours E-mail
    C01: Michelle Snider Thurs, 10-10:50am HSS 1128A APM 6331 Fri 10am-12pm msnider@math.ucsd.edu
    C02: Michelle Snider Thurs, 11-11:50 am HSS 1128A APM 6331 Fri 10am-12pm msnider@math.ucsd.edu
    C03: Thomas Petrillo Thurs, 12-12:50 pm HSS 1128A APM 6311 Tues 11am-12pm and Fri 2-3pm tpetrill@math.ucsd.edu
    C04: Thomas Petrillo Thurs, 1-1:50pm HSS 1128A APM 6311 Tues 11am-12pm and Fri 2-3pm tpetrill@math.ucsd.edu
    C05: Asif Shakeel Thurs, 2-2:50 pm HSS 1128A APM 6434 Tues 11am-1pm ashakeel@math.ucsd.edu
    C06: Asif Shakeel Thurs, 3-3:50 pm HSS 1128A APM 6434 Tues 11am-1pm ashakeel@math.ucsd.edu

    Exams

    There will be 3 midterms and a final exam.

  • All exams are close-book, close-notes. No calculator is allowed.

  • Final Exam: The final exam will be on Dec 14 (Fri) 3-6pm in WLH 2001. Here is a sample final. Here is the solution.

  • Midterms: Will be held during the lecture hour on the following dates. I will take your 2 best midterm scores for the computation of the final grade, so you are allowed to drop one of your midterm scores. Here are the midterm dates and the chapters of the book they cover:

    (i) Oct 19 (Fri): Sections 1.1-1.3, Sections 2.1-2.6. Here is a couple of sample midterms: Sample 1 and Sample 2 (ignore Qn 5). Here is the solution to the actual midterm.

    (ii) Nov 9 (Fri): Sections 3.1-3.6. Here is a sample midterm . Here is the solution to the actual midterm.

    (iii) Nov 30 (Fri): Sections 7.1-7.6 and 7.8. Here is a sample midterm . Here is the solution to the actual midterm.

  • Student ID is required to take the exams. Students without ID will not be allowed to take the exams.

  • (Absolutely) NO make-up exams.

    • Homework

    There will be weekly homework assignments, which you can find below.

  • Homework is due in the dropbox of your TA by Fridays 12pm.

  • Late homework will not be accepted.

  • I will pick your 5 best homework scores for the computation of your final grade.

  • It is very important that you attempt all the homework, since it is almost impossible to learn the subject matter without doing many problems.

  • Please write legibly on your homework. You will be judged by what you put down on paper.

  • We encourage you to work together on the exercises. Any assignment, though, should represent your own work (i.e. you should write it up yourself).

  • Here are the homeworks:
    HW1 (Due 10/5): Section 1.1: 4, 9, 11, 24; Section 1.2: 2, 7, 15; Section 1.3: 2, 4, 12, 19

    HW2 (Due 10/12): Section 2.1: 15, 16, 28, 31; Section 2.2: 5, 22, 24, 32b; Section 2.3: 2, 8, 12, 27

    HW3 (Due 10/19): Section 2.4: 3, 15, 17, 23; Section 2.5: 3, 7, 9, 14; Section 2.6: 2, 4, 7, 8

    HW4 (Due 11/2): Section 3.1: 3, 6, 14, 20; Section 3.2: 4, 11, 13, 20; Section 3.3: 2, 9, 15, 17

    HW5 (Due 11/9): Section 3.4: 19, 20, 25, 27; Section 3.5: 12, 15, 17, 20; Section 3.6: 6, 8, 16, 18

    HW6 (Due 11/19): (This HW is Revised: Section 7.4 is not due at this time); (Note that this HW is not due on Fri (11/16), but on the following Mon (11/19)!)

    Section 7.1: 4, 7, 16; Section 7.2: 8, 12, 23, Section 7.3: 7, 16, 18,

    HW7 (Due 11/30): Section 7.4: 4, 5, 6; Section 7.5: 8,10, 16, 26, 29, 31; Section 7.6: 2, 12, 20, 28; Section 7.8: 3, 10

    HW8 (Due 12/7): Section 5.1: 2, 16; Section 5.2: 2, 4, 10; Section 5.3: 3, 12; Section 6.1: 9, 13, 18; Section 6.2: 4, 7, 14, 17

    HW9 (will not be collected): Section 6.2: 22, 25, 28; Section 6.3: 5,11, 16, 19; Section 6.4: 5, 7, 16, 18. Solutions

    Rough Schedule

    Math 20D Fall 2007 (tentative) Calendar

    Week

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday (Discussion)

    Friday

    0





    Sep 28

    Section 1.1, 1.3

    1

    Oct 1

    1.2

    2 MATLAB

    3

    2.1

    4 Sections


    5 HW1 Due

    2.2

    2

    8

    2.3

    9 MATLAB 1

    10

    2.4

    11 MATLAB1 Due

    12 HW2 Due

    2.5

    3

    15

    2.6

    16 MATLAB 2

    17

    3.1-3.2

    18 MATLAB2 Due


    19 HW3 Due

    Midterm 1

    4

    22

    Fire

    23 Fire

    24

    Fire

    25 Fire Due


    26 Fire

    5

    29

    3.2-3.3

    30 MATLAB 3

    31

    3.4-3.5

    Nov 1 MATLAB3 Due


    2 HW4 Due

    3.6

    6

    5

    7.1-7.2

    6 MATLAB 4

    7

    7.3

    8 MATLAB4 Due


    9 HW5 Due

    Midterm 2

    7

    12

    Veteran's Day

    13 MATLAB 5

    14

    7.4-7.5

    15 MATLAB5 Due


    16 HW6 Due

    7.6

    8

    19

    7.7-7.8

    20 MATLAB 6

    21

    5.1-5.2

    22 Thanksgiving


    23 Thanksgiving

    9

    26

    5.3

    27 MATLAB 7

    28

    6.1

    29 MATLAB6 and 7 Due

    30 HW7 Due

    Midterm 3

    10

    Dec 3

    6.2

    4 MATLAB 8

    5

    6.3-6.4

    6 MATLAB8 Due


    7 HW8 Due

    Review

    11

    10

    11

    12

    13

    Dec 14

    Final Exam

    3-6pm