MATH 250: Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2004, Course home page for section 6 and 7
The course is finished. The grades were submitted on
Dec 16, 2004. You can view them through eLion.
The final exam can be found here:
ps-file and
pdf-file .
The answer key can be found here:
ps-file and
pdf-file .
The two midterm exams are here:
Midterm Exams:
Exam I: Oct 12 Tue, 121 Sparks, 6:30-7:45pm
Conflict exam: Oct 12 Tue, 112 Walker, 5:05-6:25pm
Makeup exam: Oct. 20, 102 Chambers, 6:30-7:45pm.
Exam II: Nov 9 Tue, 112 Kern, 6:30-7:45pm
Conflict exam: Nov 9 Tue, 112 Walker, 5:05-6:25pm
Makeup exam: Nov 17 Wed, 117 Osmond, 6:30-7:45pm.
Final Exam: (For both section 6 and 7.)
Dec. 14, 2004, Tuesday, 2:30pm, 104 Keller.
Lectures:
- Section 6: MWF 02:30 -- 03:20 , 303 Willard
- Section 7: MWF 03:35 -- 04:25 , 303 Willard,
Office hours:
M 01:15-02:15pm, W 01:30-02:15pm, F 01:30-02:15pm + appointments.
Instructor:
Wen
Shen, assistant professor at Dept of Math.
Email: shen_w AT math DOT psu DOT edu
Office: room 6A, Thomas Building, basement.
Course Text:
W.E.Boyce and R.C.Diprima:
Elementary Differential Equations, 6th, 7th or 8th Edition,
Wiley.
All three editions are suitable for the course. However, the
instructor will use the 8th edition for assigning homeworks etc.
So, if you use an earlier version, you are responsible for finding the
correct home works.
See also: Section-by-section correspondence chart
between 6th and 7th edition.
Course Syllabus
Course schedule (temporary)
Here you find the home works and quizzes:
Home works and quizzes.
Math Club offers Tutoring for MATH 250:
Tutoring starts every Monday at 7:00pm in room 106 Sackett for all
classes. Please take advantage of it if you need extra help for the
course.
Help tools:
Some Java applet programs are available through:
http://www.math.psu.edu/glasner/m251c/ . You can use it to plot
direction field plots. Furthermore, a superb piece of software called
'dfield', which draws phase Portraits for ODE, can be found
http://www.math.psu.edu/melvin/phase/newphase.html .
We will come to details later.
Some Old Exams and Pratice Exams for your practice: