Department of Mathematics
Fall 2002

MATH 310 - Ordinary Differential Equations

Class Webpage

SFU Resources

: lecture notes (reserve list); webct & discussion group (webct.sfu.ca)

This Week:

: 05 December; final exam; 12:00-2:50pm, room 9200; note location is next to usual lecture room

: 04 December; djm: office hours, 3pm

: 03 December; homework return & TA session; austin: 11:30am, room 9201; mohamed: 11:30am, room AQ3154

: 27 November; exam permitted graphing calculators (list); final exam memory sheet (pdf); !! use back of 1/2 sheet only; !! no microfilm; !! turn in memory sheet with exam papers; seating plan (seating.pdf)

Web Resources & Interest:

: kepler's laws animations; newton => kepler

History:

: week 1: introduction to ODEs; week 2: solving simple ODEs; week 3: first-order IVPs; week 4: second-order ODEs; week 5: more second-order ODEs; week 6: end of second-order ODEs; week 7: higher-order ODEs; week 8: ODE systems; week 9: ODE systems & linear algebra; week 10: ODEs & matrix algebra; week 11: pendula & series; week 12: nonlinear ODEs; week 13: stability & gravity