Kevin Milans : Teaching : Spring 2012 Math242

Kevin Milans (milans@math.sc.edu)
Office: LeConte 314C
Office Hours: MF 2:30pm-3:30pm, W 10:00am-11:00am, and by appointment
Class Meetings: MWF 1:25pm-2:15pm in LeConte 112

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Homework

Note: answers to selected exercises are available in the back of the textbook.

No. Due Date Sections Assignment
0 Jan 11 n/a pdf
1 Jan 18 1.1, 1.2
  • Read sections 1.1 and 1.2.
  • 1.1: 1-7 (odd), 13, 15, 17-25 (odd), 32-36, 45, 47
  • 1.2: 1-15 (odd), 25-28, 30, 36
  • 2 Jan 25 1.3, 1.4
  • Read sections 1.3 and 1.4.
  • 1.3: 11-20 (Note: ignore the book's answer to #14; Theorem 1 never guarantees existence without also guaranteeing local uniqueness.), 27
  • 1.4: 1-27 (odd), 34, 38, 43, 44, 47
  • 3 Feb 1 1.5, 1.6
  • Read sections 1.5 and 1.6.
  • 1.5: 11-25 (odd), 33, 36, 37, 38
  • 1.6: 1-15 (odd), 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 31-37 (odd), 43-53 (odd)
  • 4 Feb 15 2.1, 2.2
  • Read sections 2.1 and 2.2
  • 2.1: 1-5 (odd; no need to sketch curves), 9-11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 26-28
  • 2.2: 5-11 (odd; no need to sketch curves), 13-17 (odd; ignore the book's instructions, use a phase diagram to determine the equilibrium solutions and classify as stable, semistable, or unstable), 19-22
  • 5 Feb 22 2.3-2.5, 3.1
  • Read sections 2.3-2.5, and 3.1 through p. 155.
  • 2.3: 1-4, 7, 9
  • 2.4: 1-3
  • 2.5: none
  • 3.1: 1-9 (odd), 21-29 (odd)
  • 6 Mar 16 3.1-3.4
  • Read sections 3.1-3.4.
  • 3.1: 33-41 (odd), 43-37 (odd)
  • 3.2: 1-15 (odd)
  • 3.3: 1-29 (odd)
  • 3.4: 1-4 (all)
  • 7 Mar 28 3.5, 7.1
  • Read sections 3.5 and 7.1.
  • 3.5: 1-25 (odd), 31, 32, 33, 39
  • 7.1: 1-9 (all), 22-31 (odd)
  • 8 Apr 4 7.2
  • Read sections 7.2.
  • 7.2: 1-25 (odd), 27, 28
  • 9 Apr 11 7.3-7.4
  • Read sections 7.3 and 7.4 (through Example 2).
  • 7.3: 1-15 (odd), 27-35 (odd). Hint: for 33, look at the inverse Laplace transform in number 26.
  • 7.4: 1-13 (odd).
  • 10 Apr 23 7.4
  • Read section 7.4
  • 7.4: 16, 17-25(odd), 26, 28, 29-33(odd)

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