Math 254: Ordinary Differential Equations

Summer II 2011: Section 1

Notice that most assignment will be posted on WebAssign, and please remember that written homework are due before the lecture begins.

Course Policy Policy

(includes office hours)

University stuff

The in-class exams are scheduled for

•Wednesday, July 20
•Friday, July 29
•Wednesday, August 10

Where?

Class: Psych 305 428

When?

Every day 9:00-10:45 AM

Any questions?

yhadad@math.arizona.edu

Textbook

Fundamentals of Differential Equations

Nagle, Saff and Snider

published by Pearson Addison Wesley

Homework

Lecture Notes

The lecture notes can be downloaded here: ODE.pdf.

Demonstrations

•Galileo's Experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
•3D Projectile Motion
•Drag and Gravity Forces On a Falling Sphere
•Motion of a Parachuter
•Newton’s Law of Cooling (see also: http://dexter.otavo.tv/wp-content/uploads/tvseries-dexter.png)
•Continuous Exponential Growth: (also see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/World-Population-1800-2100.png)
•Microbial Population Growth Mortality
•Simple Harmonic Motion of a Spring
•Another Simple Harmonic Motion for a Spring. This one also shows the energy.
•Driven Damped Oscillator
•Predator & Prey Dynamics
•Eigenvalues and Linear Phase Portraits

Phase Portrait and Field Directions of Two Dimensional Linear Systems

Here you may find the project instructions. Please notice the dates marked in the file, and in case of any doubts about the instructions, let me know.

Here are some applications of differential equations.

Projects