Previous Weeks

Week 5 (2/15-2/21)

• Read Sections 1.8 (up to page 115) and 1.9.
• HW Problems: 1.8: 8,10,16. 1.9: 2,6,8,12,16,20,24,25
• 6. Linear Differential Equations

• The first test on February 25, 1:30-3:00 p.m. will cover all of Chapter 1. A good preparation for you should be to work as many review problems (pp. 136-141) as possible, going back to reading relevant sections of the textbook, if you run into problems.
• I will hold live office hours on February 23 during class time via Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.

Week 4 (2/8-2/14)

• Read Section 1.7.
• HW Problems: 1.7: 2,4,6,12,16,18,20abc
• 5. Bifurcations

Week 3 (2/1-2/7)

• Read Sections 1.5 and 1.6.
• HW Problems: 1.5: 2,4,6,10a-c; 1.6: 2,10,12,30,36
• 4. Existence and Uniqueness Theorem

Week 2 (1/25-1/31)

• Read Sections 1.3 and 1.4. You can skip the paragraphs on RC circuits. BTW if you want to read ahead, I will eventually assign all sections of the first chapter.
• HW Problems: 1.3: 2,6,10,12,14,16; 1.4: 2,6,10,16
• A nice little slope field plotter was written by Darryl Nester: https://homepages.bluffton.edu/~nesterd/apps/slopefields.html. You need to type * for multiplication: 2t*y
• 2.Slope Fields

• 3. Euler's Method

Week 1 (1/19-1/24)

• 1. Intro and Syllabus

• The SIR model
• Read Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of the textbook.
• HW problems: 1.1: 2,4,10,12,22; 1.2: 2,6,10,14,26,32,40.