Should you buy the 8th or 9th edition of Boyce and DiPrima

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Syllabus

Engineering Tutoring Program Schedule (Currently Sunday-Thursday 6-9 in room 3124 SC - free)

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Review/Problem sessions: Wednesday [12:00 - 1:30pm in 110 MLH] and [3 - 4:00pm in B13 MLH]

Final exam in 3505 SC on Thursday, December 16, 2010 from 9:45-11:45am (exam period 20)

Assignment 1 (due 9/3)
Read Sections 1.1 - 1.4, 2.1, 2.2;
1.1: 1,2,11,14 - 20all, 28;
1.2: 1,7,8,9,14,17;
2.1: 1, 2, 8, 18, 19;
2.2: 1, 2, 13, 14, 25;
Read Sections 2.3, 2.4

Assignment 2 (due 9/10)
2.3: 7-10, 16, (20-23)a, 25a, 29
2.4: 27 - 31
2.5: 15, 22b
p. 135: 36, 42, 47, 48-51 (note p. 135 in 9th edition = p. 133 in 8th)

Assignment 3 (due 9/17)
3.1: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17
3.2: 1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 15
3.3: 1
3.4: 3, 9, 12, 14

Assignment 4 (due 10/1)
3.3: 9, 12, 15, 18, 21
3.7: 1, 5, 7, 11
and
3.7: 12, 14, 19
3.5: 1, 3, 9, 13, 19a, 21a, 22a

Assignment 5 (due 10/8)
3.8: 1, 5, 7, 6, 8

Start computer assignment on amplitude modulation and resonance.
See also http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~engmath4/ for additional info - parts II and III, (courtesy of Dr. Branson).

Assignment 6 (due 10/15)
6.1: 3, 13, 14, 15, 18

computer project on amplitude modulation and resonance due Wednesday 10/20

Assignment 7 (due 10/22)
6.2: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23
6.3: 5, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21
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Assignment 8 (due 11/5)
6.3: 30, 31, 34, 35
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6.4: 2, 3, 4, 10
6.5: 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18

Assignment 9 (due 11/12)
6.6: 8, 9, 13, 15, 17
7.1: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
7.2: 4, 23, 25

Assignment 10 (due 11/19)
7.3: 15, 16, 17*
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7.4: 5
7.5: 1 (solve, do not graph).

Assignment 11 (due 12/3)
7.5: 5, 7 (solve, do not graph)
7.5: 24, 25, 27, 29
9.1: 1

Due 12/8: Proof list including hints. Submit a list of at least 5 theorems plus hints for proving them. At least 3 of these theorems must come from chapters other than ch 6. You may also include a list of theorems you do not wish to appear on the final exam.

Due 12/8: computer assignment on energy and phase plane methods (due Monday 12/6).   Include derivation of "energy". Do a DEplot for each of the following homogeneous equations (p. 5):
the hard oscillator
the soft oscillator
the damped hard oscillator
the damped soft oscillator

See also http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~engmath4/ for additional info (courtesy of Dr. Branson).

Assignment 12 (due 12/10)
3.6: 4, 10, 15
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Linear Algebra

Note: Old exams are available from my previous course websites:
          22M:034:081 Engineering Math IV: Differential Equations 8:30A - 9:20A MWF 105 MLH (Fall 08)
          22M:034:102 Engineering Math IV: Differential Eqns. 10:30A - 11:20A MWF 210 MLH (Spring 05)
          22M:034:102 Engineering Math IV: Differential Equations TR 10:55 - 12:10, 118 MLH (Fall 03)

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Final Exam 9:45 A.M. Thursday, December 16 2010 NOTE: LOCATION TBA