Syllabus                                                            9-4-2002

Math 2250 - 2   Differential Equations & Linear Algebra

                MWF 11:50-12:40 in LS 101
        
Web page:       http://www.math.utah.edu/~treiberg/M2250.html
               (Official updates of the syllabus will be available here.)

Instructor:     A. Treibergs, JWB 224, 581­8350.
                E-mail: treiberg@math.utah.edu.
                Office Hours: 10:45-11:45 MWF (tent.) & by appt.

Texts:          Edwards & Penney, Differential Equations & Linear Algebra,
                Prentice Hall, 2001.

TA's :          Shawn Harrison, LCB 305, 585-1648, harrison@math.utah.edu
                Anca Mustata,   LCB 112, 585-7665, amustata@math.utah.edu

HW Reader:      Jaekyoon Oh, jaekyoon@hotmail.com

Tutoring:       Students may wish to attend any of the optional tutoring
                sessions held on Tuesdays, run by the TA's. 7:30-8:20 a.m. will
                be held in EMCB 101. The 10:45-11:35 a.m, 11:50-12:40 p.m.,
                12:55-1:45 p.m., 5-6 p.m. will all be held in  LCB 219. Free
                general tutoring is available at other times in the T. Benny
                Rushing Math Center.
                See http://www.math.utah.edu/ugrad/tutoring.html

MAPLE tutoring: MAPLE tutoring will be available Tuesday, Aug. 27, 4-4:50 p.m.,
                Wednesday, Aug. 28, 10:45-11:35 a.m. and at 2-2:50 p.m., Thursday
                at 7:30 in JFB 101, Friday, Aug. 30, 8:35-9:25 a.m, and at 2-2:50 p.m. 
                in LCB 115. We may decide to add some more sessions early the 
                following week.


Grading
    
   Homework:    You will be assigned weekly homework problems that will be
                graded. Homework problems will be collected Fridays. You are
                to hand in the problems from the preceding Friday, Monday and
                Wednesday. Be sure to make your work self contained. Copy the
                question. Explain your answer. Writing down just the answer or
                copying the solution manual verbatim will receive zero credit.
                If you are missing homework or wish to check your score, you
                may also contact the HW reader directly.


   MAPLE:       You will have three MAPLE assignments. They will be due Sept.16,
                Nov. 4 and Nov. 27. They will be available Aug. 29, Oct. 17
                and Nov. 7, resp.

   Midterms:    There will be two full hour in class midterm exams on Fri.,
                Sept. 20 and Fri., Oct. 25. Questions will be modifications of
                homework problems.

   Final exam:  Wed. , Dec. 11, 10:30 AM ­ 12:30 PM in LS 101. Half of the final
                will be devoted to material covered after the second midterm
                exam. The other half will be comprehensive. Students must pass
                the final to pass the course.

  Course grade: Based on two midterms 40%, final exam 30%, homework 20% and
                MAPLE 10%
        
Withdrawals:    Last day to drop a class is Aug. 30. Last day to add a class is
                Sept. 3. Until Oct. 18 you can withdraw from the class with no
                approval at all. After that date you must petition your dean's
                office to be allowed to withdraw.

ADA:            The Americans with Disability Act requires that reasonable
                accommodations be provided for students with cognitive,
                systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact
                me at the beginning of the term to discuss any such
                accommodations you may require for this course.

Course Content: Solving first order differential equations via separation of
                variables and numerical methods. Physical and graphical
                motivation. Linear systems & elimination. Higher order
                equations, vibrations. Resonace. Eigenvalues. Laplace transform
                methods.