Math 308: Differential Equations

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@messiah.edu

Office: Frey 327

Office Hours: M 1-3, W 2-4, F 1-2

Textbook: Zill, Differential Equations with Modeling Applications (eighth edition).

Class Meetings: MWF 10:20 - 11:20, Frey 343

Final Exam: 8:00 - 10:00 AM Friday, May 11, 2007

2/14: Homework #1 due: Section 1.1 1, 12, 13, 19, 22, 25, 27b, 28a, 51, 54
Section 1.2 3, 4, 7, 35-38
Section 2.1 1, 5, 8 (do this one by hand)
Section 2.6 1, 2, 6 (just do h=.1)
2/21: Homework #2 due: Section 2.120, 21, 26, 30, 33, 39 (assume g is positive)
Section 2.2 6, 7, 10, 19, 45
Section 2.3 5, 12 , 17, 25, 46
2/28: Homework #3 due: Section 2.4 2, 3, 13, 25, 44
Section 2.5 5, 8, 11
3/2: Exam #1
3/7: Homework #4 due: Section 2.5 18, 21, 37, 38
Section 3.1 4, 5, 12 (see "Example 3" to get started), 17 , 27, 38, 40
3/14: Homework #5 due: Section 4.1 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 14a,b, 17, 19, 20, 21, 31, 40, 42
Section 4.2 2, 3, 6, 21ab
3/28: Homework #6 due: Section 4.3 4, 7, 13, 18, 34, 43-48
Section 5.1 3, 4, 21, 23
4/4: Homework #7 due: Section 4.4 5, 8, 19
Section 4.5 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 41, 44, 48, 51
4/11: Homework #8 due: Section 4.6 5, 11, 12, 30
Section 5.1 33, 45, 48
4/13: Exam #2

4/25: Homework #9 due: Section 7.1 3, 4, 10, 12, 23, 25, 27, 32, 41b, 42
Section 7.2 5, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 32, 37, 42, 44
Section 7.3 4, 8, 15, 22, 23, 40, 43, 44, 47, 49-54, 64
5/2: Homework #10 due: Section 7.4 1, 2, 6, 12, 19, 22, 25, 28
Homework #11 (not collected): Section 7.5 1, 2, 4, 10
Section 7.6 1, 4, 5
Section 9.2 2, 3, 4
5/11: Final exam: Final exam: 8-10 AM