Instructor:  Dr. Theodore Tachim Medjo, Office: DM 431B

Text:  Introduction to Ordinary  Differential Equations:  by Shepley L. Ross , Fourth Edition

Class schedule:  TR:  9:30AM-10:45AM   Paul Cejas Architecture 167

Office Hours:  TR 8:15AM-9:15AM  (other times by appointments)
  Tel: 305 348 2591.  E-mail: tachimt@fiu.edu

Chapter 1:  Differential  Equations and their solutions

Chapter 2:  First-order equations for which exact solutions are obtainable

Basic sections are: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

Chapter 3:  Applications of First-order equations

Basic sections are 3.1 to 3.3

Chapter 4:  Explicit methods of solving higher-order linear differential equations

Basic sections are 4.1 to 4.6

Chapter 5:  Applications of second-order linear differential equations with constant coefficients

Basic sections are: 5.1 to 5.3.

Chapter 6:  Series solutions of linear Differential equations

Basic sections: 6.1 to 6.3

Chapter 9:  The Laplace transform

Basic sections 9.1 to 9.5
 

Grades: Grades will be assigned on the basis of 400 points distributions as follows:

Exam 1  75 points   02/06/2020
Exam 2  75 points   03/05/2020

Exam 3: 75 points   04/09/2020

Homeworks/quizzes    50  points (Every week)

Final Exam   125 points    (Check official schedule on panthersoft)  Paul Cejas Architecture 167

Suggested Problems from the Textbook.
You don't have to do all of these problems, but it is better if you could solve most of them.

Chapter 1: 1.1:   1-10 odds,  1.2:   1-7  odds,  1.3:   1-8  odds

Chapter 2: 2.1:   1-24 odds, 2.2:  1-27 odds,  2.3:   1-41  odds, 2.4:   1-20  odds.

Chapter 3: 3.1:  1-18   odds, 3.2:   1-19   odds, 3.3:   1-32  odds.

Chapter 4:  4.1:  1-13  odds, 4.2:  1- 62  odds, 4.3:   1-64  odds , 4.4:  1-28  odds , 4.5:  1-32 odds , 4.6:  1-32 odds.

Chapter 5:   5.2:  1-10 odds, 5.3:   1-15  odds

 Chapter 6:  6.1: 1-24 odds,  6.2:  1-32 odds,  6.3: 1-12 odds.

 Chapter 9:   9.1: 1-18 odds,  9.2: 1-30  odds,  9.3: 1-22 odds,  9.4:  1-24 odds,  9.5:  1-36  odds

Last day to drop a course with a DR grade:  Monday, March 16, 2020

REMINDER: There is never a penalty for asking. There is no shame in trying and
not succeeding; however, there is shame in not trying at all.

There will be a quiz or homework every week.  All homeworks assigned will be collected on time.

Please silent your bipper/celullar during the entire lecture. Cheating is forbidden by university law and will not be tolorated.

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Monday to Friday: from 8AM to 8PM

Sunday:  from 1PM to 6PM

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