Math 2065 Elementary Differential Equations

Last Updated: December 10, 2018

Math 2065 Elementary Differential Equations
Fall 2018
Section 2

I

Math 2065 Syllabus
Textbook: Ordinary Differential Equations by W. A. Adkins and M. G. Davidson, Springer 2012. (ISNB 978-1-4614-3617-1) An e-book version of the text can be downloaded here by LSU students through the LSU library. You will need to log on to your MyLSU account to access this link. A student's solution manual can be downloaded from the Springer.com website for the text . An errata sheet for the text and student's solution manual can be found here.
Supplemental Materials:
1. Function Properties is a sheet with commonly used properties of the exponential, logarithm and trigonometric functions.
2. Integral Table is a brief table of integrals with which you should be familiar from your calculus class.
Homework assignments
Exam Reviews
Exams (Including copies of some old exams.)

Homework assignments

Daily Schedule
Class	Date	Topic	Section	Suggested Problems
15	Sept 24	The spaces E_q : Special Cases	2.6	1 - 25 (Odd)
16	Sept 26	The spaces E_q : General Case	2.7	1 - 27 (Odd)
17	Sept 28	Basic Constant Coefficient Linear DE	3.1, 4.1	3.1: 1 - 19 (Odd); 4.1: 1 - 11 (Odd)
18	Oct 1	Linear Homogeneous DE	3.3, 4.2	3.3: 1-15 (Odd); 4.2: 1 - 11 (Odd)
19	Oct 3	Undetermined Coefficients	3.4, 4.3	3.4: 1-27 (Odd); 4.3: 1 - 7 (Odd)
20	Oct 8	Spring Systems	3.6	1 - 15 (Odd)
21	Oct 10	Review
22	Oct 12	Exam 2
23	Oct 15	Existence/Uniqueness for Second Order Linear DE	5.1	1 - 23 (Odd)
24	Oct 17	Cauchy-Euler Equations	5.3	1 - 15 (Odd)
25	Oct 19	Variation of Parameters	5.6	7 - 15 (Odd)
26	Oct 22	Discontinuous Functions	6.1	1-8
27	Oct 24	Heaviside Class	6.2	9-23 (Odd), 29-41 (Odd)
28	Oct 26	Laplace Transform Method II	6.3	1 - 11 (Odd)
29	Oct 29	Dirac Delta Function	6.4	1 - 9 (Odd)
30	Oct 31	Review
31	Nov 2	Exam 3
32	Nov 5	Matrix Operations	8.1	1-21 (Odd)
33	Nov 7	Linear Equations	8.2	1 - 25 (Odd)
34	Nov 9	Invertible Matrices	8.3	1 - 15 (Odd)
35	Nov 12	Determinants	8.4	1 - 15 (Odd)
36	Nov 14	Linear Systems of DE	9.1, 9.2	7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35
37	Nov 16	Matrix Exponential and Laplace Transform	9.3	1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 15
38	Nov 19	Fulmer's Method	9.4	1 - 19 (Odd)
39	Nov 26	Exam 4
40	Nov 28	Constant Coefficient Linear Systems	9.5	1 - 15 (Odd)
41	Nov 30
	Dec 6	Final Exam (7:30-9:30 AM)

Exam Reviews

Exam 2 Review With Answers
Exam 3 Review (with answers)
Exam 4 Review (with answers)
Final Exam Review (with answers)

Exams

The following are the exams given during earlier semesters. Solutions are provided, if available.

Fall 05 Exam I Solutions               Spring 05 Exam I Solutions        Spring 08 Exam I Solutions            Fall 08   Exam I   Solutions
Fall 05 Exam II Solutions               Spring 05 Exam II Solutions       Spring 08 Exam II Solutions          Fall 08   Exam II Solutions
Fall 05 Exam III Solutions              Spring 05 Exam III Solutions      Spring 08 Exam III Solutions         Fall 08   Exam III Solutions
Fall 05 Final Exam Solutions          Spring 05 Final Exam                 Spring 08 Final Exam Solutions      Fall 08 Final Exam Solutions

Exam Schedule

Exam	Date	Solutions
Exam 1	September 14
Exam 2	October 12	Solutions
Exam 3	November 2	Solutions
Exam 4	November 26	Solutions
Final Exam	Dec 6 (Thursday) 7:30-9:30 AM	Solutions