| Instructor: | Tomas Schonbek |
|---|---|
| S & E 262, Ext. 7-3355 | |
| e-mail schonbek@fau.edu | |
| Office Hours: | TBA |
| Textbook: | Elementary Differential Equations |
| by | |
| W.E. Boyce and R.C. DiPrima | |
| Eighth Edition, Wiley & Sons, 2005! |
Course Description
Contents
The course is a standard, first course in ordinary differential equations. The main prerequisite is calculus of one variable. A few notions of calculus of several variables will come into play, but they will be covered in the course. We will emphasize a practical, manipulative approach to differential equations, but a certain amount of theory and applications are covered. We expect students not only to be able to solve a number of differential equations, but also to know what it means to solve such an equation and what the solutions are good for. We shall try to cover most of Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 6 of the textbook and Parts of Chapters 4 and 5. We shall move at a relatively brisk pace, so try not to fall behind; it may be hard to catch up.Grading
Grading for the course will be based on quizzes and three exams.- Quizzes. We will have a quiz almost every week. Normally, the quiz will be during part of the Friday class. However, the management of the course reserves the right to hold this quiz on other weekdays, especially on a day of low attendance. The quizzes will account for 25% of the grade; the lowest two quiz grades will be dropped. Each quiz will be graded on a scale from 0-100.
- Exams. There will be three exams, the third one will be a CUMULATIVE,
final exam. The exams account for 75% of the grade by one of the
following two schemes:
Scheme 1
- Exam 1- 20%
- Exam 2- 20%
- Final Exam - 35%
Scheme 2
The lowest grade of Exams 1 and 2 gets dropped; the other one counts for 25% of the grade, the final exam accounts for 50% of the grade. THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UPS. If you miss either exam 1 or 2, for whatever reason, you get a 0 for that exam and you will probably have to be graded by Grading Scheme 2.Exam Dates
Exam 1 Friday, October 1, 2004. Exam 2 Monday, November 1, 2004. Final Exam Sunday, December 5, 6:45-9:15 in SO 270
LINKS
- Homeworks
- Solutions to exams and quizzes
- Notes on Linear Equations
- Notes on partial fractions
- The nonlinear pendulum, special project.
- Grade Conversion Scale
