Schedule

Below is a tentative schedule for sections meeting on Monday and Wednesday. Section 2 (Hopper) will typically be one class meeting ahead (e.g. lecture on Thurs, Sept 15 will cover the topics listed for Mon, Sept 19 on the schedule).

Week Day Date Topic Chapter(s) Suggested practice
1 Wed Aug 31 Differential equations 1.1-1.2 1.1: T/F (skip d and n), 1, 5, 7, 24, 26, 30
1.2: T/F, 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 35, 36
2 Mon Sept 5 Labor Day    
2 Wed Sept 7 Separable DEs 1.3-1.4 1.3: T/F
1.4: T/F, 2, 6, 11, 12, 17a, 19
3 Mon Sept 12 Integrating factors 1.6 T/F 6, 10, 14, 18, 25
3 Wed Sept 14 DE applications 1.7 T/F (a-d), 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
4 Mon Sept 19 Matrices 2.1-2.2 2.1: T/F, 1-5, 10-15, 21-25
2.2: 1-2
4 Wed Sept 21 Linear systems 2.2-2.3 2.2: T/F, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15
2.3: T/F, 3-17 odd
5 Mon Sept 26 Elementary operations 2.4 T/F, 5, 7, 11, 17, 19, 21
5 Wed Sept 28 Gaussian elimination 2.5 T/F, 1,3,5, 7, 13, 15, 19, 25, 27
6 Mon Oct 3 Matrix inverses 2.6 T/F, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 33,
6 Tues Oct 4 Midterm exam 1 (8:00 AM)    
6 Wed Oct 5 Determinants 3.1-3.2 3.1: 17, 19, 27, 33
7 Mon Oct 10 Fall break    
7 Wed Oct 12 Determinants 3.2-3.3 3.2: T/F, 1, 3, 7, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 33
3.3: 23, 27
8 Mon Oct 17 Vector spaces 4.1-4.2 4.1: T/F, 1, 3, 5, 7
4.2: T/F, 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13
8 Wed Oct 19 Subspaces 4.2-4.3 4.3: T/F, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 19, 21
9 Mon Oct 24 Spanning 4.4 T/F, 1, 5, 9, 13, 15, 23, 27
9 Wed Oct 26 Linear independence 4.5 T/F, 1, 3, 9, 15, 21, 23, 27, 31, 33, 35, 39
10 Mon Oct 31 Bases and dimension 4.6 3, 5, 11, 15, 21, 23, 27, 33
10 Wed Nov 2 Column/row space & rank-nullity 4.8-4.9 4.8: 1, 3, 7, 9
4.9: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17
11 Mon Nov 7 Linear transformations 6.1 T/F, 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 23, 27
11 Tues Nov 8 Midterm exam 2 (8:00 AM)    
11 Wed Nov 9 Kernel & range 6.3 1, 3, 5, 13, 15
12 Mon Nov 14 Eigenvalues & eigenvectors 7.1 T/F, 1, 5, 9, 15, 19, 21, 25, 35
12 Wed Nov 16 Eigenvalues & eigenvectors 7.2 T/F, 1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 19, 21
13 Mon Nov 21 Linear homogeneous DEs 8.1-8.2 8.1: T/F, 1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25, 31, 33
8.2: 1, 9, 11, 17, 25, 33, 35, 41, 43
13 Wed Nov 23 Thanksgiving recess    
14 Mon Nov 28 Linear nonhomogeneous DEs 8.3 1, 7, 11, 17, 19, 25, 27, 33, 37
14 Wed Nov 30 Oscillations (time permitting) 8.5 5, 9, 23, 25, 29
15 Mon Dec 5 Linear systems of DEs 9.1-9.2 9.1: 1, 7, 11, 13, 17
9.2: 1, 3, 7, 9, 12
15 Wed Dec 7 Linear systems of DEs 9.3-9.4 9.3: 1, 3, 5
9.4: 1, 3, 7, 13, 15
16 Mon Dec 12 Catch-up/review    
16 Wed Dec 14 Catch-up/review    
17 Sun Dec 18 Final exam (12:30 PM)