Homepage for Math 24
Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2008



This page will provide updated information about the course.
Please visit it regularly.

Alex will have Office Hours to discuss project in JBE 302 on
Thursday, 5/22 from 2-4 p.m.




For project: You can write equations with Microsoft word.
Go to Insert, click on Object. Click on Microsoft equation.
A box will pop up with Macros.




1. I am very concerned with your projects, only a few of you have talked to me.  You should be able to
email me the final work or give it to me by June 2.
2. I will put  extra Office hours Friday May 16, 2-5 pm, so that you can discuss the project with me.
3. If you want to learn how to use latex to write the paper, you can just download the info from
http://www.latex-project.org/
and there are some instructions in
http://www.latex-project.org/intro.html


 

 

IMPORTANT DATES:   Second Midterm: Friday, May 30
Final Project has to be handed in by Tuesday June 3 at 5pm.
Office hours to discuss project: Monday June 2 -4 pm
No Office hours Wednesday May 28

By now you should have picked your final project topic. It would
be advisable you discuss it with me in one of my office hours.


Possible Summer internship  (programing skills, necessary) internship


If you need  it you can sign up for a tutor in the Learning Support Service: https://eop-apps.ucsc.edu/OTSS/tutorsignup/
(this is help you can get independently of the exam, it comes from LSS)

Enrollment: 
For problems with and questions about enrollment please contact Andrea Gilovich(gilovich@math.ucsc.edu) at the Math office (195 Baskin Engineering Bld).

Alex Castro's web-page

people.ucsc.edu/~alcastro/math24/math24.html


Computer lab-info

Information about our computer labs:
http://ic.ucsc.edu/services/computer_labs/

Locations:
http://ic.ucsc.edu/services/computer_labs/locations.php

Hours:
http://ic.ucsc.edu/services/computer_labs/hours.php

Please go to

http://math.rice.edu/~dfield/#7.0

You will need to download

You will need to copy the file and paste these files  to two M-file in your matlab account ( ie in virtual lab)

To create M-files open Matlab, click on "File" on the toolbar. In the drop down menu click on New and then on M-File.
In this new M-file copy dfield7.m, and save it with that name. Then do the same process and create an M-file with pplane7.m

Syllabus: pdf (NEW VERSION)

PROJECTS: pdf


Instructor:
Maria Schonbek
email: schonbek at math dot ucsc dot edu
phone: 459-4657
Office: Baskin Engineering 353A
Office Hours: M: 11am-12pm, other office hours will be scheduled.

Lectures: MWF 12:30pm-1:40pm,  Physical Sciences 114.

Textbook: Differential Equations
Authors: P. Blanchard, R. Devaney and G. Hall

TA: Alex Castro
 Section times:  Tu 02:00PM-03:10PM JBE 358
                         Th 04:00PM-05:10PM JBE 358
computational lab t5:30-7:30 Ong Ming LAb

Alex OH's: TBA

Exams:  Midterm I:  April 30.
  Midterm II: To be announced.

Practice Exam+ reduced list of problems : Practice.pdf




Homework:

Homework problems will be assigned on this webpage each  Friday or saturday and will be due the following  Friday.
 

Homework problems:

HW1: ( due Wednesday April 9, this is an exception otherwise HO needs to be handed in on M.)


 1.1 Page 14 #3, 5, 15, 17.

1.2, 1.3 Page 33 #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 23. Page 48 #1, 7, 9, 15.

1.3
 Page 48 #11, 13, 17.

HW2 (Due Friday 18)


  1.4  Page 63 #1, 3, 15.

1.4, 1.5 Page 73 #1, 5, 7, 13.

1.6 Page 91 #1, 3, 5, 7,  15,  29-35 odd

1.7 Page 107 #1, 3, 9, 11, 22,

1.8 Page 123 #1, 3, 7, 9

HW3 ( due Friday April 25)

1.9 Page135:  3,7, 9

2.1, 2.2  Page 164 #2,3,19

2.2 Page 182 #1, 3, 13

2.3 Page 196 #1, 3,7,11, 15b
3.1Page 252 #  17,  27.

HW4( there might be more to come : ( Due May 5)
3.2 Page 271 # 3, 5, 11, 13


HW5 ( due Friday May 9)
3.2 Page 273: 17,19, 25
3.3 Page 287: 3, 9, 13.b, 21, 27( a,b,c)
3.4 Page 304:1, 3, 7, 9
 
HW6 ( due May 16)
3.4 Page 304: 15,21 23
3.5 Page 321: 1, 3,5,9, 10, 12, 13,15,17,21
3.6 Page 336: 7,9

HW7( due May 23 )
3.6 Page 336: 13, 21, 31, 32, 38.
3.7 page 352: 7,11
4.1 Page 393: 9, 15, 25, 33, 37.
4.2 Page 406 : 11,  19
4.3 Page 418: 9,15,19.

If you missed a HW and want to get extra credit, you can try to work on

Page 466, section 5.1 Work on  any of the problems 1,2,3,4,5, 6.
The problems are very similar to what you learned in Chapters3 and 4.
You just have to linearize.
Hand it in by June 2.


Note : I am skipping sections 2.4, 2. 5 and 2.6
Midterm Includes
In  all of chapter 1,  Chapter 2: sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.
Chapter 3: section 3.1, 3.2.

REVIEW PROBLEMS FOR FIRST MIDTERM:
Page 138 #1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 31, 33, 37, 39,43, 45.

 Page 220 #1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17
Page 370 #1, 3, 5, 7,

Practice Exam for second Midterm: MId-2 Practice

Project due date: To be announced