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Teaching/Math 514 Fall 2007

The course is over! Course grades have been posted. Thanks to everyone for a great semester.

Basics

Instructor
Prof. Graham Leuschke
Contact
gjleusch@math.syr.edu
Time & Place
MW 2:15—3:35 in Carn 306
Office Hours
MWF 9:30—10:30, M 1—2, T 3:30—5; by appointment; and any time my door is open (206C Carnegie)
Text
Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 8th ed., Boyce & DiPrima
Important documents
course syllabus
Finals Week Office Hours
Mon 10 Dec: 1—4pm
Tues 11 Dec: 10am—12noon
Thur 13 Dec: 3—5:30pm

The Final Exam

Exam Reviews

Homework

  • Homework #11 (last one!), due Wed 28 November:
Sect. 6.5 (p. 344), #2, 4 (no graphs)
Sect. 6.6 (p. 350), #4, 5, 6
Sect. 5.2 (p. 259), #2, 6, 9, 15, 16 (part (a) only on 15 and 16)
  • Homework #10, due Mon 19 November:
Sect. 6.3 (p. 329), #7, 10, 13, 15
Sect. 6.4 (p. 337), #1, 6, 7, 9
  • Homework #9, due Mon 5 November:
Sect. 3.7 (p. 190), #2, 6, 16, 17
Sect. 6.1 (p. 312), #5, 8, 21, 22
Sect. 6.2 (p. 322), #1, 3
  • Homework #8, due Mon 29 October:
Sect. 3.5 (p. 173), #23, 28
Sect. 3.6 (p. 184), #1, 3, 4, 13, 14
  • Homework #7, due Mon 22 October:
Sect. 3.3 (p. 158), #6, 9, 17, 18
Sect. 3.4 (p. 164), #9, 11, 13, 19
Sect. 3.5 (p. 172), #5, 7
  • Homework #6, due Mon 15 October (note unusual day!):
Sect. 3.1 (p. 142), #1, 5, 7, 18, 20
Sect. 3.2 (p. 151), #3, 4, 7, 21
  • Homework #5, due Wed Oct 3 (same day as Exam I, so a short assignment):
Sect. 2.8 (p. 117), #5abc, 6abc, 7a, 9a
  • Homework #4, due Wed Sep 26:
Sect. 2.6 (p. 99), #1, 7, 10, 15. 22. 25
Sect. 2.7 (p. 108), #2abd, 7, and read the section carefully
  • Homework #3, due Wed Sep 19:
Sect. 2.3, #4, 9, 20—22 (a) and (b)
Sect. 2.4, #5, 8, 21, 22 (a) and (b), 23
  • Homework #2, due Wed Sep 12:
Sect. 2.1, #5(c), 14, 18, 31
Sect. 2.2, #4, 6, 9, 23
  • Homework #1, due Wed Sep 5:
p. 24, #3, 5, 8, 15
p. 7, #4, 5, 21

Quizzes and Exams

  • Exam II data: the mean was 81.44, and the median was 89. Solutions available upon request.
  • Exam I data: the mean was 78.13, median was 83. Solutions are available upon request.

Miscellaneous

Here are the slope fields I promised in class on Wednesday 8/29:

  1. for dv/dt = 9.8-0.2v
  2. for dy/dt + y/2 = 1/2 e^(t/3)