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Tentative Schedule

Date     Chap Topics
Aug 20 W 1 First/Second Order ODE Review
25 M 1/2 Cauchy-Euler/Linear Systems/Equilibrium Solutions
27 W 2 Trajectories/Polar Forms/Direction Fields
Sep 1 M Labor Day
3 W 2 Maple/Matrix Formulation/Eigenvalue Problems
8 M 2 Fundamental and General Solutions
10 W 2 Nonhomogeneous Systems
15 M 2 Applications
17 W 3 Bifurcations
22 M 3 Nonlinear Pendulum
24 W 3 Stability of Nonlinear Systems
29 M 3 Limit Cycles
Oct 1 W   Midterm
  6 M   Vacation
  7 T   Vacation
8 W 4 BVPs and the Heat Equation
13 M 4 Linear Algebra/Eigenfunction Expansions
15 W 5 Fourier Series I
20 M 5 Fourier Series II
22 W 5 Sine and Cosine Series
27 M 6 Sturm-Liouville Theory I
29 W 6 Sturm-Liouville Theory II
Nov 3 M 6 Eigenfunction Expansions
5 W 7 Classical Orthogonal Polynomials
10 M 7 Legendre Polynomials
12 W 7 Fourier-Legendre Series/Gamma Function/Bessel
17 M 7/8 Bessel Functions/Variation of Parameters
19 W 8 Temporal and BVP Green's Functions
24 M 8 BVP Green's Functions Properties
  26 W   Thanksgiving
  27 R   Thanksgiving
  28 F   Thanksgiving
Dec 1 M 8 Dirac Delta Function
3 W 8 Series Representations - Green's Functions
  5     Final Exam 7:00 PM

 

 

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E-Mail: Dr. Russell Herman Last Updated: October 29, 2008