MAT 361 - Schedule

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Tentative Schedule

Date   Day  Sec Topics
 Aug 19 W 1.1 Introduction - Free Fall
  21 F 1.2.1 Separable ODEs
  24 M 1.2.2 Linear First Order ODEs
  26 W 1.2.3 Exact and Inexact Equations
  28 F 1.3 Growth and Decay, Population, Cooling
  31 M 1.3 Mixing, Orthogonal Families, Computer Software
    2 W 2.1 Second Order ODEs
  4 F 2.2 Theory - Linear Independence/Wronskian
Sep   7 M   Labor Day
    9 W 2.1 Constant Coefficient Equations - Distinct, Real Roots
  11 F 2.2 Equal Roots and the Method of Reduction of Order
14 M 2.2 Constant Coefficient Equations - Complex Roots
  16 W 2.3 Applications (Harmonic Oscillators)
  18 F   Exam I
  21 M 2.4.1 Method of Undetermined Coefficients
  23 W 2.4.4 Modified Method of Undetermined Coefficients/Simulink
  25 F 2.4.2 Method of Variation of Parameters
  28 M 2.5 Cauchy-Euler Equations
  30 W 2.5/3.1 Forced Cauchy-Euler Equations, Numerical Solutions
Oct   2 F 3.1 Euler's Method
    5 M 3.2, 3.4 Runge-Kutta/Applications/Project Ideas
  7 W 4.1 Taylor Series Method
    8 R   Fall Break
    9 F   Fall Break
12 M 4.2 Power Series Solutions
14 W 4.3/4.5 Legendre Polynomials,Regular and Singular Points
  16 F 4.4 Frobenius Method
  19 M 4.6-4.7 Bessel and Gamma Functions
  21 W   Exam II
  23 F 5.1 Laplace Transform
  26 M 5.2 Laplace Transform Properties
  28 W 5.3 Solution of IVPs, Partial Fractions
  30 F 5.4.1 Heaviside function, Shift Properties
Nov   2 M 5.4.3 Systems with Impulses
    4 W 5.5 Convolution Theorem
    6 F 6.1 Linear Systems
    9 M 6.2 Direction Fields and Solution Behavior
  11 W 6.3 Matrix Formulation, Fundamental Solution
  13 F 6.4 Eigenvalue Problems
  16 M 6.5 More Linear Systems
18 W 6.61 Linear Systems Behavior - Summary
  20 F   Exam III
23 M 7.2-7.4 First Order Autonomous Eqns and Bifurcations
  25 W   Thanksgiving
  26 R   Thanksgiving
  27 F   Thanksgiving
  30 M 7.6 Nonlinear Systems and Stability
Dec   2 W 7.7 More Nonlinear Systems
    3 R   Reading Day
Dec   4 F   Final 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM

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