Differential Equations
Math 2250-004
Spring 2017
Lecture Page

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Department of Mathematics
College of Science
University of Utah

Lecture notes for each week should be posted by Friday at 3:00 p.m. on the preceding week. Printing for Math classes is free in the Rushing Student Center, in the basement of LCB. It is recommended that you use these notes in conjunction with attending class. After each class I will post the filled-in versions for that day. At the end of the week I'll post the entire week's filled-in notes.

Week 1: January 9-13 Sections 1.1-1.3 and part of 1.4
    week1.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
    The daily post-notes from this week are below:
      jan9.pdf syllabus, 1.1. differential equations, solutions to DE's and to IVP's for DE's.
      jan10.pdf 1.1, with extended exercises from Monday's notes about exponential growth and Newton's law of cooling modeling.
      jan11.pdf 1.2 differential equations of the form y'=f(x); position, velocity, acceleration problems
      jan13.pdf 1.3 slope fields and solution graphs
      jan9-13.pdf 1.1-1.3

Week 2: January 17-20 Sections 1.3-1.4 and part of 1.5
    week2.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      jan17.pdf 1.3-1.4 existence-uniqueness theorem; separable DE's.
      jan18.pdf continued
      jan20.pdf 1.5 linear DE's
      jan17-20.pdf 1.3-1.5

Week 3: January 23-27 Sections 1.5-2.3
    week3.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      jan23.pdf 1.5 input-output modeling with linear DE's.
      jan24.pdf 1.5-2.1 input-output example; improved population modeling
      jan25.pdf 2.1-2.2 logistic model; autonomous differential equations, equilibrium solutions, stability.
      jan27.pdf 2.1-2.2
      jan23-27.pdf 1.5-2.2
      week3.note 1.5-2.2 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 4: January 30 - February 3 Sections 2.3, 2.4-2.6, 3.1
    week4.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      jan30.pdf 2.3 improved velocity models
      jan31.pdf 2.3-2.4 Euler's method
      feb1.pdf 2.4-2.6 Improved Euler and Runge Kutta
      feb3.pdf 3.1-3.2 linear systems of equations, Gaussian elimination
      jan30-feb3.pdf 2.3-2.6
      week4.note 2.3-2.6 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 5: February 6-10 Sections 3.2-3.5
    week5.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      feb6.pdf 3.1-3.3 Gaussian elimination, row echelon and reduced row echelon form
      feb7.pdf 3.2-3.3 Gaussian elimination and rref to solve Ax=b. Properties of solution set from shape of reduced matrix form of A.
      feb8.pdf 3.3 The possible numbers of solutions "x" to Ax=b can often be deduced from the reduced row echelon form of A alone.
      feb10.pdf 3.4 Matrix algebra
      feb6-10.pdf 3.1-3.4
      week5.note 3.1-3.4 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 6: February 13-17 Sections 3.5-3.6
    week6.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      feb13.pdf 3.5 Matrix inverses
      feb14.pdf 3.6 Determinants
      feb15.pdf Exam 1 review
      week6.note 3.5-3.6 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 7: February 21-24 Sections 4.1-4.3
    week7.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      feb21.pdf 3.6 determinants: how to compute with row operations; adjoint formula for inverse; Cramer's rule
      feb22.pdf 4.1: vector algebra and geometry in R2 and R3.
      feb24.pdf 4.1-4.3: linear independence and span
      feb21-24.pdf filled in notes from week 7
      week7.note 3.6-4.3 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 8: February 27 - March 3 Sections 4.4, 5.1-5.2
    week8.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      feb27.pdf 4.2-4.4: subspaces of Rn, basis, dimension.
      feb28.pdf 4.2-4.4: continued...focus on what sets are and are not subspaces of Rn.
      mar1.pdf 4.2-4.4: continued, and introduction to 5.1, function spaces as "vector" spaces. Rn.
      mar3.pdf 4.4, intro to 5.1 column dependencies and reduced row echelon form; testing independence for functions.
      feb27-mar3.pdf filled in notes from week 8
      week8.note 4.2-4.4, 5.1 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 9: March 6-10 Sections 5.2-5.4
    week9.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      mar6.pdf 5.1-5.2 linear differential equations
      mar7.pdf 5.1-5.3 solving linear constant coefficient homogeneous linear differential equations, and the roles of the Wronskian matrix.
      mar8.pdf 5.3 algorithm for finding basis functions for solutions to L(y)=0, via the characteristic polynomial.
      mar10.pdf 5.3 Euler's formula and complex roots; brief overview of 5.4 mechanical oscillations.
      mar6-10.pdf filled in notes from week 9
      week9.note 5.1-5.3 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 10: March 20-24 Sections 5.4-5.6
    week10.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      mar20.pdf 5.4 unforced mass-spring configuration, damped and undamped.
      mar21.pdf 5.5: particular solutions to L(y)=f, intro to method of undetermined coefficients
      mar22.pdf 5.5 continued, overview of 5.6: forced oscillation phenomena
      mar24.pdf 5.6 forced oscillation phenomena when no damping: superposition, beating, resonance
      mar20-24.pdf filled in notes from week 10
      week10.note 5.4-5.6 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 11: March 27-29 Sections 5.6, 10.1-10.2, exam 2 review questions
    week11.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      mar27.pdf 5.6 forced oscillation phenomena when damping: steady periodic solutions and practical resonance
      mar28.pdf 5.4 pendulum and mass-spring experiments; 5.6 practical resonance in RLC circuits (5.6, EP 3.7)
      mar29.pdf 10.1-10.2 introduction to Laplace transforms (plus filled-in review sheet for second midterm).
      mar27-29.pdf filled in notes from week 11
      week11.note 5.6, EP 3.7, 10.1-10.2 Notability note - includes audio from class. Audio is from time 0:00-1:41 (M,T), and 3:52-4:44 (W); I accidentally forgot to turn the sound off until a couple hours after class on Tuesday ... oops. :-)

Week 12: April 3-7 Sections 10.2-10.5, EP 7.6
    week12.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      apr3.pdf 10.1-10.3 Laplace transforms and IVP's continued.
      apr4.pdf continued; partial fractions and IVP's.
      apr5.pdf 10.2-10.3 partial fractions; unit step functions.
      apr7.pdf 10.4, EP7.6 turning forcing on and off; impulse forcing.
      apr3-7.pdf filled in notes from week 12
      week12.note 5.6, EP 7.6, 10.1-10.2 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 13: April 10-14 Sections 6.1-6.2, 7.1-7.2
    week13.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      apr10.pdf 10.4, EP7.6 convolutions and integral formulas for solutions to IVPs
      apr11.pdf 6.1 eigenvalues and eigenvectors
      apr12.pdf 6.1-6.2 eigendata and diagonalization
      apr14.pdf 7.1-7.3 intro to Chapter 7 and what systems of differential equations have to do with eigendata
      apr10-14.pdf filled in notes from week 13
      week13.note EP 7.6, 6.1-6.2, 7.1-7.3 intro; Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 14: April 17-21 Sections 7.1-7.4
    week14.pdf Notes that include outline for entire week
      apr17.pdf 7.1-7.3 focus on why nth order DE's are equivalent to special first order systems of DE's, 7.1.
      apr18.pdf 7.1-7.3, continued.
      apr19.pdf 7.3, first order systems with complex eigendata; nonhomogeneous problems.
      apr21.pdf 7.4 mass-spring systems
      apr17-21.pdf filled in notes from week 14
      week14.note 7.1-7.4 Notability note - includes audio from class.

Week 15: April 24-25 Section 7.4
    week15.pdf contains Monday's notes and review notes for Tuesday.
      apr24.pdf 7.4 mass-spring systems and forced oscillations
      apr25.pdf 7.4 shake table experiment and review notes
      apr24-25.pdf filled in notes from week 15
      week15.note 7.4 and course review Notability note - includes audio from class.