Note that this course requires more time than the average course. There is a
large amount of material on the syllabus. Also, computer projects with Matlab
are an important part of this course. If you are not familiar with Matlab this
will be time consuming. On the other hand you should remember that 75 % of the
semester grade will be determined by the three exams and the final exam, so
you should do the recommended problems from the textbook (see homework
below).
- TIME & PLACE
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Tu Th 12:30pm - 1:45pm, MTH B0421
- INSTRUCTOR
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Dr. T. von Petersdorff, office MTH 4416, phone 405-5117, e-mail tvp@math.umd.edu
, office hours Tue 10--11am, Thu 10:35--11:35am (or by appointment)
- TEXTBOOKS (required)
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Boyce & diPrima, Elementary Differential Equations 6th ed.
Math 246E Matlab supplement by Hunt/Osborn, available at the campus book store
(but not at the Maryland Book Exchange)
- SYLLABUS
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Chapters in Boyce & diPrima with corresponding chapters of the Matlab
supplement in parentheses:
1, 2.1--2.8 (5--6), 8.1--8.4 (7), 3 (9),6.1--6.2 (11), 7.1--7.7 (12), 9.1--9.5
(13)
- HOMEWORK
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Homework problems from Boyce & diPrima are listed on the web page. They
will not be collected or graded. But I strongly recommend that you do these
problems since the exam and final exam problems will be similar to those
problems. Even if you understand all the material you need to do practice
problems, otherwise you will not be able to solve the exam problems in the
available time.
- GRADING POLICY
- Exams (Total 45%)
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There will be 3 in-class exams. Make-up exams will only be given for
legitimate and documented absences.
- Matlab Assignments (Total 25%)
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There will be 4 Matlab assignments to be handed in. You may work in teams of
up to 3 students with each team handing in one paper. Different teams may not
work together or share their work. If an assignment is handed in late, there
will be a penalty of 15% for each day after the due date. You can hand in
assignments either in class, or you can slide them under the door of my office
until 9:00 pm. You must write the current date and
time on your homework when you slide it under the door, otherwise it will
count as submitted on the next day.
There will also be a mandatory practice assignment which each student
must complete by Feb. 5. It will not be collected.
- Final Exam (30%)
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The cumulative final exam will be on Sat, May 16,
1:30pm--3:30pm in MTH 1311.
- MATLAB
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This course will use Matlab version 5. You need a WAM or a Glue account (or
both), and a printing account. You can also buy Matlab 5 and use it on your
own computer. Read the section ``Math 246E Computer Information'' in the
Matlab supplement and the web page.
- MORE INFORMATION
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The course web page at
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~tvp/246 gives important information for
this course which is not available in other ways: Recommended problems from
the text book, instructions for using Matlab for differential equations, hints
for the Matlab projects etc. . It is important that you check this web page
regularly.
T. von Petersdorff , 
tvp@math.umd.edu
Last modified: Mon Jan 26 15:57:09 EST 1998