Math 2250 Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra
Fall 2003
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Syllabus
HOMEWORK
MAPLE PROJECT III due in class Thursday December 4
This project is taken from study of earthquakes shaking buildings in section
7.4 of the text, pages 437-438. Here is the precise assignment, with coding hints:
quake.pdf
quake.mws
FINAL EXAM DATE: Tuesday December 9 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The exam is closed book. However you may bring the following: a
scientific calculator and one handwritten sheet of notes (no bigger than
standard US letter size please).
I will supply the Laplace transform table from
the inside cover of the textbook.
Exam is comprehensive.
Review sheet The dates on this sheet are from a past year, but the
content is still otherwise valid.
Practice exam
Practice exam solutions
MAPLE PROJECT 1 due prior to 5pm Friday September 12
the first maple project contains two parts totalling six questions.
Maple1a.pdf is a crash course in using maple through solving quadratic
equations and graphing functions. Note the use of the "?" command!
Maple1b.pdf Involved explorations of Newton's Cooling Law.
MAPLE PROJECT II
This project is about mechanical vibrations, sections 5.4-5.6
of the text. This theory underlies fairly sophisticated
models which seek to explain what went wrong with the tacoma narrows
bridge. Everything lives at:
tacoma narrows bridge project
Note, a typo has been found in the assignment, the correct text for 2.3a
should read: "Display a hooke's constant k>0 so that the solution x(t) is
underdamped and x(t) changes sign infinitely often on 0 < t < infinity."
The Maple projects will be collected Tuesday November 11. However, it
is recommended that you complete the lab prior to the exam on Thursday
November 6 as a study aid.
MAPLE TUTORING SESSIONS: The following maple tutorials will be held in LCB 115:
Tuesday Aug 26: 11:50-12:40pm, and 2-3pm
Wednesday Aug 27 11:50-12:40pm, and 5-6pm
Thursday Aug 28 7:15ish
Friday Aug 29 8:35-9:25am
a maple tutorial may be had here, You
can also take this as a maple worksheet
RECITATION SCHEDULE: Tuedays, 7:30-8:20AM EMCB101; 10:45-11:35am LS 101; 12:55-1:45pm JWB 335; 5:00-5:50pm LCB 152
FIRST EXAM INFORMATION: Exam is closed book and note. Only a
scientific calculator may be used (i.e. one that does not graph nor solves
differential equations). The exam will be Tuesday September 30.
Practice exam
Practice exam solutions
SECOND EXAM INFORMATION: Exam is closed book and note. Only a
scientific calculator may be used (i.e. one that does not graph nor solves
differential equations). The exam will be Thursday November 6
Review sheet
Practice exam
Practice exam solutions