Math 2280 - Introduction to Differential Equations

University of Utah

Fall, 2013

Contact Information

Instructor - Patrick Dylan Zwick.
Telephone - 801-651-8768 (Cell).
Email - zwick@math.utah.edu .

Office - JWB Math Building Room 129.
Office Hours - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Mondays, 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Thursdays

Class Location - Alfred Emery Building (AEB) Room 350 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Behavioral Sciences Building (BEH S) Room 106 Thursdays.
Class Time - 8:35 AM - 9:25 AM Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.


All grades for the class are posted on canvas

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Announcements

Administrative

Syllabus
Schedule

Note: The final exam for the class will be on Tuesday, December 17th from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

MIT offers a similar course (Math 18.03) and the course is available on their open courseware system. There are lecture notes, assignments with solutions, and video lectures available from the website. It's pretty nice! You can check it out here. The video lectures are available here

Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 Lecture 1 with Examples
Lecture 2 Lecture 2 with Examples
Lecture 3 Lecture 3 with Examples
Lecture 4 Lecture 4 with Examples
Lecture 5 Lecture 5 with Examples
Lecture 6 Lecture 6 with Examples
Lecture 7 Lecture 7 with Examples
Lecture 8 Lecture 8 with Examples
Lecture 9 Lecture 9 with Examples
Lecture 10 Lecture 10 with Examples
Lecture 11 Lecture 11 with Examples
Lecture 12 Lecture 12 with Examples
Lecture 13 Lecture 13 with Examples
Lecture 14 Lecture 14 with Examples
Lecture 15 Lecture 15 with Examples
Lecture 16 Lecture 16 with Examples
Lecture 17 Lecture 17 with Examples
Lecture 18 Lecture 18 with Examples
Lecture 19 Lecture 19 with Examples
Lecture 20 Lecture 20 with Examples
Lecture 21 Lecture 21 with Examples
Lecture 22 Lecture 22 with Examples
Lecture 23 Lecture 23 with Examples
Lecture 24 Lecture 24 with Examples
Lecture 25 Lecture 25 with Examples
Lecture 26 Lecture 26 with Examples
Lecture 27 Lecture 27 with Examples
Lecture 28 Lecture 28 with Examples
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Lecture 30 Lecture 30 with Examples
Lecture 31 Lecture 31 with Examples
Lecture 32 Lecture 32 with Examples
Lecture 33 Lecture 33 with Examples
Lecture 34 Lecture 34 with Examples
Lecture 35 Lecture 35 with Examples
Lecture 36 Lecture 36 with Examples
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Lecture 39 Lecture 39 with Examples
Lecture 40 Lecture 40 with Examples
Lecture 41 Lecture 41 with Examples
Lecture 42 Lecture 42 with Examples
Lecture 43 Lecture 43 with Examples
Lecture 44 Lecture 44 with Examples
Lecture 45 Lecture 45 with Examples
Lecture 46 Lecture 46 with Examples
Lecture 47 Lecture 47 with Examples

Other

Assignments

Assignment 1

Section 1.1 - 1, 12, 15, 20, 45
Section 1.2 - 1, 6, 11, 15, 27, 35, 43
Section 1.3 - 1, 6, 9, 11, 15, 21, 29
Section 1.4 - 1, 3, 17, 19, 31, 35, 53, 68
Assignment 1
Due Friday, September 6th

Assignment 2

Section 1.5 - 1, 15, 21, 29, 38, 42
Section 1.6 - 1, 3, 13, 16, 22, 26, 31, 36, 56
Section 2.1 - 1, 8, 11, 16, 29
Section 2.2 - 1, 10, 21, 23, 24
Assignment 2
Due Monday, September 16th

Assignment 3

Section 2.3 - 1, 2, 4, 10, 24
Section 2.4 - 1, 5, 9, 26, 30
Assignment 3
Due Monday, September 23rd

Assignment 4

Section 3.1 - 1, 16, 18, 24, 30
Section 3.2 - 1, 10, 16, 24, 31
Section 3.3 - 1, 10, 25, 30, 43
Assignment 4
Due Friday, September 27th

Assignment 5

Section 3.4 - 1, 5, 18, 21
Section 3.5 - 1, 11, 23, 28, 35, 47, 56
Section 3.6 - 1, 2, 9, 17, 24
Assignment 5
Due Friday, October 4th

Assignment 6

Section 3.7 - 1, 5, 10, 17, 19
Section 3.8 - 1, 3, 5, 8, 13
Section 4.1 - 1, 2, 13, 15, 22
Section 4.2 - 1, 10, 19, 28
Assignment 6
Due Friday, October 11th

Assignment 7

Section 5.1 - 1, 7, 15, 21, 27
Section 5.2 - 1, 9, 15, 21, 39
Section 5.4 - 1, 8, 15, 25, 33
Assignment 7
Due Friday, October 25th

Assignment 8

Section 5.5 - 1, 7, 9, 18, 24
Section 5.6 - 1, 6, 10, 17, 19
Assignment 8
Due Friday, November 1st

Assignment 9

Section 7.1 - 1, 6, 20, 30, 36
Section 7.2 - 1, 4, 15, 20, 29
Section 7.3 - 3, 8, 19, 24, 30, 33
Assignment 9
Due Friday, November 8th

Assignment 10

Section 7.4 - 1, 5, 10, 19, 31
Section 7.5 - 1, 6, 15, 21, 26
Section 7.6 - 1, 6, 11, 14, 15
Assignment 10
Due Friday, November 15th

Assignment 11

Section 8.1 - 2, 8, 13, 21, 25
Section 8.2 - 1, 7, 14, 17, 32
Section 8.3 - 1, 8, 15, 18, 24
Assignment 11
Due Friday, November 22nd
Please note there is an error in the textbook (but not in the .pdf file for this assignment) on problem 8.1.25. The initial conditions should be y(0) = 0 and y'(0) = 1, not y(0) = 0 and y(1) = 1.

Assignment 12

Section 8.4 - 1, 6, 8, 9, 14
Section 8.5 - 1, 5, 6, 13, 16
Assignment 12
Due Monday, December 2nd

Assignment 13

Section 9.1 - 1, 8, 11, 13, 21
Section 9.2 - 1, 9, 15, 17, 20
Section 9.3 - 1, 5, 8, 13, 20
Assignment 13
Due Monday, December 9th

Assignment 14

Section 9.5 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
Section 9.6 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 14
Section 9.7 - 1, 2, 3, 4
Assignment 14
Due Tuesday, December 17th
I've decided to make this an extra credit assignment. However, you will still be expected to know this material for the final exam, so I'd highly recommend doing the assignment!

Assignment 15

Section 6.1 - 1, 5, 10, 18, 30
Section 6.2 - 1, 5, 8, 15, 31
Section 6.3 - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Assignment 15
Due Tuesday, December 17th
This assignment is also extra credit. You don't need to know the material for the final exam, but there may be an extra credit problem on the final exam relating to the material.

Exams

Exam 1 Exam 1 Solutions
Exam 2 Exam 2 Solutions
Exam 3 Exam 3 Solutions
Final Final Solutions

Exams from Previous Years

These are the exams, along with solutions, from previous times I've taught this class. The exams do not necessarily correspond with the current class schedule, and there may be some sections covered in previous semesters that we will not cover this semester, and vice-versa. With those disclaimers, they might be a helpful study resource, so they're provided below.

Summer 2013

Exam 1 Exam 1 Solutions
Exam 2 Exam 2 Solutions
Exam 3 Exam 3 Solutions
Final Final Solutions

Spring 2013

Practice Exam 1 Practice Exam 1 Solutions
Practice Exam 2 Practice Exam 2 Solutions
Practice Exam 3 Practice Exam 3 Solutions
Practice Exam 4 Practice Exam 4 Solutions
Practice Final Exam Practice Final Exam Solutions

Exam 1 Exam 1 Solutions
Exam 2 Exam 2 Solutions
Exam 3 Exam 3 Solutions
Exam 4 Exam 4 Solutions
Final Final Solutions

Spring 2009

Exam 1 Exam 1 Solutions
Exam 2 Exam 2 Solutions
Exam 3 Exam 3 Solutions
Final Exam Final Exam Solutions

Spring 2008

Exam 1 Exam 1 Solutions
Exam 2 Exam 2 Solutions
Exam 3 Exam 3 Solutions
Final Exam Part 1 Final Exam Part 1 Solutions
Final Exam Part 2 Final Exam Part 2 Solutions


Old Classes

Math 10 Fall, 2013
Math 2280 Summer, 2013
Math 2280 Spring, 2013
Math 15 Spring, 2013
Math 2270 Fall, 2012
Math 2210 Summer, 2012
Math 2210 Summer, 2010
Math 1010 Fall, 2009
Math 1210 Summer, 2009
Math 2280 Spring, 2009
Math 2210 Fall, 2008
Evolutionary Biology and Game Theory Fall, 2008
Math 2210 Summer, 2008
REU on Computational Algebraic Geometry Summer, 2008
Knot Theory Spring, 2008
Math 2280 Spring, 2008
Math 1030 Fall, 2007
Math 2210 Summer, 2007

Talks

Notes for Math Department Talks