MA 3471 ODE

Ordinary Differential Equation MA 3471 D12

Joseph D. Fehribach

Syllabus of Homework Assignments

Walter G. Kelley and Allan C. Peterson,

The Theory of Differential Equations, Classical and Qualitative, 2^nded.,

Springer, 2010.


1	1.1	pp. 16-18	Due Friday, 16 March 2012	#A (below), 1.3, 1.4, 1.5ii,iv, 1.12

2	2.6	pp. 76-79	Due Tuesday, 20 March 2012	#2.3ii, 2.4, 2.5ii, 2.8, 2.19, 2.20ii, 2.26

3	2.6	pp. 78-83	Due Friday, 23 March 2012	#2.20i (find e^At ), 2.28, 2.41 (show they satisfy the correct IVP), 2.60ii

4	2.6	pp. 84-86	Due Thursday, 29 March 2012	#2.63ii,iii, 2.67, 2.68, 2.69

5	3.9	pp. 149-151	Due Monday, 2 April 2012	#3.1, 3.2ii, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8iii, iv, 3.13

6	3.9	pp. 150-153	Due Friday, 6 April 2012	#3.9i, 3.10i, 3.12i, iv, 3.16, 3.22

7	3.9	pp. 154-160	Due Friday 13 April 2012	#3.36, 3.45, 3.49, 3.68, 3.70

8	4.4	pp. 186-190	Due Tuesday 17 April 2012	#B (below), 4.2, 4.8, 4.20, 4.21, 4.28

9	8.11	pp. 396-398	Due Monday 23 April 2012	#8.2c, 8.4, 8.11, 8.13, 8.24

10	8.11	pp. 397-399	Due Friday 27 April 2012	#8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.27, 8.28

11	5.10	pp. 272-274	Due Tuesday 1 May 2012	#5.1ii, iii, 5.3, 5.16ii, iii, 5.19, 5.20, 5.22!

# A. Please solve and give the maximum interval of existence for
- ( i) x′ = 2t /(t² - 25), x(0) = ln(25)
- (ii) x′ = tan(t ), x(0) = 0
# B. Please find the second order solution x₂ for the IVP in Example 4.1, pp. 161-162.

Color Code Key

99 An interesting problem that you may want to consider, but that will not be covered on quizzes or exams.
99 Problem whose solution in the back of the text is incomplete or wrong, or whose statement in the text is not precisely correct.

Something Strange

The Lorenz Attractor (Worfolk, 1995)

Quizzes

D08: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3

D10: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3

D12: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3

Final Exams

D08: Blank Exam, Solutions

D10: Blank Exam, Solutions

D12: Blank Exam, Solutions

JDF (E-Mail: bach@wpi.edu)
Last Updated: Thursday 3 May 2012
Copyright 2012, Joseph D. Fehribach

Ordinary Differential Equation MA 3471 D12 Joseph D. Fehribach Syllabus of Homework Assignments