The first Tuesday lecture/problem session is Jan 15 in JTB-120 at 8:30am. Topics from section 1.4: Direction field construction and threading rules Negative tests for a separable equation Computer algebra test for a separable equation Construction of F and G from f(x,y)=F(x)G(y) Separable equation explicit constant solutions Separable equation implicit non-constant solutions The Wednesday Jan 16 meeting focuses on linear differential equations 1.5. Topics: Integrating factor identity Integrating factor fraction Simplification of integrating factors Algorithm: Linear integrating factor method Shortcuts: homogeneous equation shortcut constant-coefficient equation shortcut superposition shortcut