Grant Gustafson at math.utah.edu 2250 Fall 2003


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The scores are given for exams 1,2,3,4 along with the average of those scores. The rank-in-class is the sorted order on average exam score.
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2250-1 and 2250-2 Due Dates Fall 2003

  1. 2250 [7:30am and 10:45am] due dates for submitted work
    Due dates updated daily

2250-1 and 2250-2 Midterm Exams Fall 2003

  1. Midterm 4 for 2250-1 and 2250-2 (7:30am or 10:45am) Fall 2003
    Sample Exam 4 in-class (Wed 3 Dec) pdf postscript document (20k)
    Version A-D pdf postscript document (40k)
    Version E-K pdf postscript document (40k)
    Version L-R pdf postscript document (40k)
    Problem 1 TYPO: D=diag(7,-4,3). Wrong D=diag(-2,3,5) came from ver A-D. Nov 24.
    Version S-Z pdf postscript document (40k)
    Due Nov 26 (Problem 1) and Dec 3 (Problem 2) at class time. In-class exam is Wed Dec 3.
    Due Dec 10 in 113jwb (Problems 3,4)
    IMPORTANT Problem notes for Exam 4
  2. Midterm 3 for 2250-1 and 2250-2 (7:30am or 10:45am) Fall 2003
    In-class Nov 19 sample exam3 (20k pdf)
    Version A-D pdf postscript document (40k)
    Wrong source posted Nov 1. New source Nov 6.
    Typo: change the DE in #3 to x'' + 4x' + 68x = 12 cos(wt). Nov 10.
    Version E-K pdf postscript document (40k)
    Wrong source posted Nov 1. New source Nov 6.
    Typo: remove extra term d6 sin(3x) in 2(b).
    Version L-R pdf postscript document (40k)
    Typo: remove extra term d5 sin(3x) in 2(b).
    Typo: change the DE in #3 to x'' + 4x' + 68x = 12 cos(wt). Nov 10.
    Version S-Z pdf postscript document (40k)
    Due Nov 10 (Problems 1,2)and Nov 14 (Problems 3,4) at class time. In-class exam is Wed Nov 19.
    IMPORTANT Problem notes for Exam 3
    Document on undetermined coefficients, Kummer's method, Table method (2k text)
  3. Midterm 2 for 2250-1 and 2250-2 (7:30am or 10:45am) Fall 2003
    Version A-D pdf postscript document (47k)
    Version E-K pdf postscript document (47k)
    Version L-S pdf postscript document (47k)
    Version T-Z pdf postscript document (47k)
    Due Oct 15 (1,2)and Oct 17 (3,4) at class time. In-class exam is Oct 20.
    Scores for Exam 2 in 2250-1
    Scores for Exam 2 in 2250-2
  4. Midterm 1 for 2250-1 and 2250-2 (7:30am or 10:45am) Fall 2003
    pdf postscript document (33k)
    Sample inclass exam, pdf postscript document (25k)
    Due Sep 17, 2003 at class time. In-class exam is Sep 19.
    Scores for Exam 1 in 2250-1
    Scores for Exam 1 in 2250-2

  1. Gustafson's 2250 (7:30am or 10:45am) course syllabus Fall 2003
    pdf postscript syllabus (124k)
    Engineering differential equations, Edwards-Penney
    Print locally or use Adobe AcroRead [acrobat reader]
  2. Gustafson's 2250 (7:30am or 10:45am) gradesheet Fall 2003
    pdf postscript gradesheet (72k)
  3. 2250 format for submitted work
    How to improve your written work

DE and Linear Algebra Lecture Slides Fall 2003 updated 13 Nov

  1. Week 1 slides
    Memorization PDF Document (3 pages, 300k)
    Background+Direction fields PDF Document (4 pages, 450k)
    For more on direction fields, print Exponential modeling, PDF Document (25 pages, 286k)
  2. Week 2 slides
    1.4 Page 40 Exercises PDF Document (4 pages, 500k)
  3. Week 3 slides
    1.5 Page 53 Exercises PDF Document (2 pages, 280k)
  4. Week 4 slides
    1.3 Page 84 Exercises PDF Document (4 pages, 480k)
  5. Week 5 slides
    Ch3 Page 149+ Exercises PDF Document (6 pages, 890k)
    Ch4 Page 237+ Exercises PDF Document (4 pages, 480k)
  6. Week 6 slides
    Ch5 recipe PDF Document (6 pages, 700k)
    Ch5 exercises PDF Document (16 pages, 1.9mb)
    Ch5 undetermined coeff example PDF Document (3 pages, 0,5mb)
  7. Week 10 slides
    Ch6 Eigenanalysis PDF Document (6 pages, 1.3mb)
    Eigenanalysis theory and example PDF Document (4 pages, 870k)
  8. Week 11 slides
    Ch7 Systems of DE PDF Document (4 pages, 0.8mb)
    Recipes for 1st, 2nd order and 2x2 Systems of DE PDF Document (2 pages, 50kb)
  9. Week 12 slides
    Ch10 Laplace PDF Document (9 pages, 1.95mb)

DE and Linear Algebra manuscripts
updated: Nov 21, 2003


  1. Exponential Modeling manuscript
    PDF Document (25 pages, 286k)
  2. Numerical DE manuscript
    PDF Document (19 pages, 220k)
  3. Numerical DE maple coding hints
    TEXT Document (1 pages, 2k)
  4. Linear Equations manuscript
    PDF Document (18 pages, 185k)
  5. Vector and matrix manuscript
    PDF Document (11 pages, 113k)
  6. Matrix Equations manuscript
    PDF Document (6 pages, 92k)
  7. Determinants and Cramer's Rule manuscript
    PDF Document (11 pages, 140k)
  8. Undetermined coefficients manuscript
    PDF Document (13 pages, 159k)
    Document on undetermined coefficients, Kummer's method, Table method (2k text)
  9. Laplace transform manuscript
    PDF Document (35 pages, 288k)
  10. Heaviside coverup method manuscript
    PDF Document (3 pages, 53k)
  11. Eigenanalysis manuscript
    PDF Document (13 pages, 165k)
  12. Laplace Theory manuscript
    PDF Document (34 pages, 300k)

  1. Maple labs 2250 updated: Wed Nov 26, 2003
    Korevaar's home page
  2. Maple Lab 3, Earthquakes
    quake project Fall 2003 (PDF) Due 4 Nov in 113jwb
    Typo in 3.2 "printf" fixed in pdf source. No change for txt or .mws sources.
    quake project Fall 2003 worksheet .mws (Shift-click to write file to disk)
    quake project Fall 2003 worksheet text .txt (Shift-click to write file to disk)
    quake project errors text (Shift-click to write file to disk)
  3. Maple Lab 2, Tacoma Narrows
    Tacoma project2 fall 2003 .pdf (print from acrobat reader)
    Tacoma project2 fall 2003 .mws (Shift-click to write file to disk)
    Tacoma project2 fall 2003 .txt (Shift-click to write file to disk)
    Tacoma page Fall 2003
    Typo in 2.3 has been fixed in pdf above Tue Oct 28 2003
  4. Maple Lab 1b, Newton Cooling
    pdf document Lab 1b Fall 2003
    maple text Lab 1b Fall 2003
  5. Maple Lab 1a, Solving quadratics and plotting functions
    pdf document Lab 1a Fall 2003
    maple worksheet text Lab 1a Fall 2003

  1. 2250 Student profiles Fall 2003
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