MAT 303: Calculus IV with Applications
Fall 2016


Schedule & Homework

Schedule

This is our tentative weekly schedule and it will be updated as we advance in the semester, please check regularly. Students are expected to attend class regularly and to keep up with the material presented in the lecture and the assigned reading. As a general rule, the written homework assignment is due Fridays (for example, HW1 is due Friday, Sept 9, Week 2), unless otherwise stated.


Week Lectures (Assigned Reading) Assignments
Week 1
8/29 - 9/4
1.1: Differential equations and math models
1.2: Integrals as general and particular solutions
1.4: Separable differential equations
1.1: 26, 48   1.2: 8, 10, 44
1.4: 18, 28, 32, 36, 37, 39
Week 2
9/5 - 9/11
No class on Sept 5 (Labor Day)
1.5: Linear first order differential equations
1.3: Slope fields and solutions curves
1.3: 11, 14, 18, 27, 29, 30
1.5: 1, 6, 16, 19, 27, 38
Week 3
9/12 - 9/18
1.3: Local Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions
Intro: Diff Eq and Phase Portraits in Mathematica (.nb)
1.6: Substitution Methods and Exact Equations
1.6:   8, 11, 21, 27, 29, 44
1.6: 47, 57, 58, Mathematica
Week 4
9/19 - 9/25
1.6: Substitution Methods and Exact Equations (exact.pdf)
due Monday, Oct 3

1.6: 33, 37, 38
2.1: 13, 23, 33    2.2: 8, 9
2.6: 25, 27 from exact.pdf
Week 5
9/26 - 10/2
2.1: Population models
2.2: Equilibrium solutions and stability
2.3: Acceleration-Velocity models
Midterm 1 – Wednesday, October 5, 12 - 12:53pm, in class;    Midterm I Solutions
covers Chapter 1 and Sections 2.1 and 2.2   Practice Problems (Spring 2013) with Solutions
Week 6
10/3 - 10/9
2.4: Numerical approximation: Euler's Method
3.1: Second order eq. with constant coeff. (see also 3.3)
2.2: 19, 22    2.4: 1, 27
3.1: 39, 51, 52, 56  
3.3: 9, 21, 23
Week 7
10/10 - 10/16
3.1: Second order linear equations
3.2: Nth-order linear equations
3.3: Nth-order equations with constant coefficients
3.1: 19, 29, 30, 32,
3.2: 28, 35, 36, 38, 43
3.3: 12, 15, 20
Week 8
10/17 - 10/23
3.4: Mechanical vibrations
3.5: Nonhomogeneous eq. and undetermined coefficients
3.4: 3, 14, 15
3.5: 5, 19, 21, 22, 34 Additional Exercises
Week 9
10/24 - 10/30
3.6: Forced Oscillations and Resonance
3.8: Endpoint Problems and Eigenvalues
3.6: 1, 8, 11, 26, 27
3.8: 3, 6, 7, 13, 16
Week 10
10/31 - 11/6
4.1: First Order Systems & The Elimination Method in 4.2
5.1: Matrices and Linear Systems
5.2: The Eigenvalue Method for Homogeneous Systems
4.1: 19   5.1: 3, 23  
4.2:  2    5.2: 1, 6, 17, 19
Week 11
11/7 - 11/13
4.1: Fundamental Set of Solutions
5.5: The Eigenvalue Method: Repeated Eigenvalues
Midterm 2 – Wednesday, November 16, 12 - 12:55pm, in class    Midterm II Solutions
covers Sections 2.2, 2.4, Chapter 3, and Sections 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Practice Problems I with Solutions     Practice Problems II with Solutions
Week 12
11/14 - 11/20
Review on Monday
5.5: Repeated Eigenvalues
TBA, due Friday, Dec 2
5.5: 13, 16, 20, 33
5.6: 23, 25, 34, 35 Additional Exercises
Week 13
11/21 - 11/27
5.6: Matrix Exponentials and Linear Systems
Thanksgiving Break!
Week 14
11/28 - 12/4
5.6: Matrix Exponentials and Linear Systems
5.7: Nonhomogeneous Systems; Variation of Parameters
Jordan canonical forms   Lecture Notes!    Mathematica Tutorial!
Read the Lecture Notes attached
  and the Mathematica Tutorial!

5.7: 24, 31   Instructions
6.2: 1, 3, 10, 13, 15, 29, 33
Week 15
12/5 - 12/11
6.1: Stability and the Phase Plane
6.2: Linear and Almost Linear Systems
Final exam – Thursday, December 15, 5:30 - 8pm, in Harriman Hall 137
the final covers everything!   Practice Final (2013) with Solutions
Review Session on Monday, December 12, 11am - 1pm, in Javits 111

Last updated December 7, 2016