Math 252, Spring 2012 Welcome to Math 252, Section 02.
Some general information about the course can be found on the following departmental webpage. Information specific to our section are posted below or on the Sakai page. You can also find an approximate syllabus here. (But we may deviate from it a little bit from time to time.) Textbook:
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Homework:
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Homework 1 |
Review your calculus (Math 151/152/251) and linear algebra (Math 250). See also these problems | Quiz on Jan 24 |
Homework 2 |
Read notes N1 and solve all problems at the end of the notes. Section 1.1: 3, 5, 17, 21 Section 1.2: 1, 3, 7, 13, 25, 29, 31, 35 | Quiz on Jan 31 |
Homework 3 |
Section 1.3: all odd 1-13, 14, 15, 17 Section 1.4: 1, 13, 15 Section 1.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 Section 1.6: 23, 25, 27, 31, 33, 37, 39 | Quiz on Feb 7 |
Homework 4 |
Read notes N2 Section 1.6: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 43 Section 1.7: 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 17 Section 1.8: all odd 1-11, 17, 21, 23. | Quiz on Feb 14 |
Homework 5 |
Read notes about exact equations by Paul Dawkins, and solve these problems Section 1.9: all odd 1-11, 25 Section 2.1: 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 17, 25, 26, 27, 29 Section 2.2: all odd 1-27 except 7 and 19. | Quiz on Feb 21 |
Homework 6 |
Section 2.2: 7, 19 Section 2.3: 1(a), 3(a), 5(a) Section 2.4: all odd 1-13 | Quiz on Mar 6 | Homework 7 |
Section 3.6: all odd 1-11, 36(a)(b) Section 3.1: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 25(a), 35 Section 3.2: all odd 1-9 (a)(b)(e) [Optional: Read these notes about second order equations, and the following wiki page about reduction of order.] | Quiz on Mar 20 | Homework 8 |
Section 3.1: 27, 29, 33, 35 Section 3.2: 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 Read notes N4 and solve all problems at the end of the notes. | Quiz on Mar 27 | Homework 9 |
Section 3.2: all odd 1-9(c)(d) Section 3.3: all odd 1-15 | Quiz on Apr 3 | Homework 10 | Section 3.4: all odd 3-7(a)(b)(d)(e), all odd 9-13. | No quiz but these will be on the midterm | Homework 11 |
Section 3.4: 15, 21 Section 3.5: all odd 1-11, 17, 19 Review Exercises for Chapter 3: 29(a)(c) | Quiz on Apr 17 | Homework 12 |
Section 3.7: part (c) of 3, 7, 11, 13 Section 3.8: part (a)-(c) of 4, 5, 6, 7 Section 4.1: all odd 1-41 | Quiz on Apr 24 | Homework 13 |
Section 4.2: all odd 1-13; also write the steady states of the solutions in the form C cos(at + b) for some suitable constants a, b and C. Section 4.3: all odd 1-17, 21 Section 5.1: all odd 1-17 except 5 Section 6.1: all odd 1-9, 15, 19, 23 | No quiz but these will be on the final exam | Final Review | See these problems | --- |