MATH-2200-ES31
Welcome to the permanent home page
for Section ES31
of MATH-2200 (Differential Equations)
at Southeast Community College
in the Spring term of 2021.
I am Toby Bartels, your instructor.
Course administration
- Canvas page
(where you must log in).
- Help with DjVu
(if you have trouble reading the files on this page).
- Course policies (TBA).
- Class hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 to 12:20
in ESQ 109C.
- Face-to-face class Zoom meeting:
967-8392-3310.
- Final exam time:
May 6 Thursday from 11:00 to 12:40 in ESQ 109C
or by appointment over Zoom.
Contact information:
Readings
The official textbook for the course
is the 11th Edition of
A First Course in Differential Equations
with Modeling Applications
by Dennis Zill published by Cengage.
Basics
- Introduction:
- Reading from the textbook for January 14 Thursday:
Chapter 1 through Section 1.1 (pages 2–12).
- Exercises from the textbook due on January 19 Tuesday:
1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.11,
1.1.13, 1.1.15, 1.1.17, 1.1.21, 1.1.23, 1.1.24, 1.1.29, 1.1.41.
- Initial examples:
- Reading from the textbook for January 19 Tuesday:
- Section 1.2 (pages 15–19);
- Section 1.3 (pages 22–29).
- Exercises from the textbook due on January 21 Thursday:
1.2.1, 1.2.3, 1.2.5, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.17, 1.2.19, 1.2.21,
1.2.23, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.5, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.13, 1.3.17.
- Solution curves:
- Reading from the textbook for January 21 Thursday:
- Chapter 2 through Section 2.1 (pages 36–43);
- Section 2.2 (pages 47–52).
- Exercises from the textbook due on January 28 Thursday:
2.1.2, 2.1.15.a, 2.1.19, 2.1.20, 2.1.21, 2.1.22, 2.1.23, 2.1.24, 2.1.25,
2.1.26, 2.2.1, 2.2.3, 2.2.5, 2.2.7, 2.2.9, 2.2.23, 2.2.24, 2.2.25,
2.2.29, 2.2.31, 2.2.32, 2.2.33, 2.2.39, 2.2.41, 2.2.45.
- First-order linear equations:
- Reading from the textbook for January 28 Thursday:
Section 2.3 (pages 55–62).
- Exercises from the textbook due on February 2 Tuesday:
2.3.1, 2.3.3, 2.3.5, 2.3.7, 2.3.9, 2.3.11, 2.3.13,
2.3.17, 2.3.24, 2.3.25, 2.3.27, 2.3.37, 2.3.38.
- Numerical solutions:
- Reading from the textbook for February 2 Tuesday:
Section 2.6 (pages 76–80).
- Exercises from the textbook due on February 4 Thursday:
2.6.1, 2.6.3, 2.6.5, 2.6.6.
- Models:
- Reading from the textbook for February 4 Thursday:
- Chapter 3 through Section 3.1 (pages 80–91);
- Section 3.2 (pages 96–101).
- Exercises from the textbook due on February 9 Tuesday:
3.1.1, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.13, 3.1.15, 3.1.19, 3.1.21, 3.1.23,
3.1.27, 3.1.35, 3.1.38, 3.2.1, 3.2.3, 3.2.5.
Quiz 1, covering the material in Problem Sets 1–6,
is on February 16 Tuesday.
Linear equations
- Higher-order equations:
- Reading from the textbook for February 9 Tuesday:
Chapter 4 through Section 4.1 (pages 118–130).
- Exercises from the textbook due on February 16 Tuesday:
4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.9, 4.1.10, 4.1.15, 4.1.16, 4.1.17, 4.1.19, 4.1.21,
4.1.23, 4.1.24, 4.1.25, 4.1.26, 4.1.27, 4.1.31, 4.1.32, 4.1.33.
- More TBA.
Quizzes
- Basics:
- Review date: February 11 Thursday.
- Date taken: February 16 Tuesday.
- Corresponding problems sets: 1–6.
- Help allowed: Your notes, calculator.
- NOT allowed:
Textbook, my notes, other people, websites, etc.
- More TBA.
Final exam
A comprehensive final exam
is on December 16 Wednesday from 9:00 to 10:40,
or whenever you schedule with me to take it by December 17 Thursday.
The exam will consist of questions
similar in style and content
to those in the practice final exam.
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were written by Toby Bartels, last edited on 2021 February 22.
Toby reserves no legal rights to them.
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