Math 251
Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
Sample Exams
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Exam I
- Exam I, Spring 2000
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- Exam I, Fall 2000
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Question 6 on this exam is among the trickiest application problems to appear on a Math 251 exam in the past decade... It is not quite the mixing problem as given in the textbook, but with a slight twist. You'll need to think a little to come up with the correct model/initial value problem.
- Exam I, Fall 2001
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The graphs are missing from question 6b. You can ignore the part, or sketch the correct direction field yourself.
- Exam I, Spring 2002
answer key and complete solutions
- Exam I, Summer 2002
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- Exam I, Fall 2002
answer key and complete solutions
- Exam I, Spring 2003
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- Exam I, Summer 2003
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- Exam I, Fall 2003
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- Exam I, Spring 2004
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- Exam I, Fall 2004
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- Exam I, Spring 2005
answer/grading key and solutions
- Exam I, Fall 2005 (questions and answer key) - Professor Glasner's sections
- Exam I, Fall 2005 - common exam for other sections
questions and answer/grading key
- Exam I, Summer 2006
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- Exam I, Spring 2007
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- Exam I, Summer 2007
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- Exam I, Fall 2007
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- Exam I, Spring 2008
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- Exam I, Summer 2008
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- Exam I, Fall 2008
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- Exam I, Spring 2009
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- (Math 251H Honors section) Mock/Practice Exam I, Spring 2009
- Exam I, Summer 2009
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There was only one midterm exam during the Summer semester, 2009. This is that exam. It covers up to section 6.2.
- Exam I, Fall 2009
- Exam I, Spring 2010
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- Exam I, Summer 2010
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- Exam I, Fall 2010
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- Exam I, Spring 2011
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- Exam I, Summer 2011
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- Exam I, Fall 2011
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- Exam I, Spring 2012
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- Exam I, Summer 2012
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- Exam I, Fall 2012
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- Exam I, Spring 2013
- Exam I, Summer 2013
Exam II
- Exam II, Spring 2000
- Exam II, Fall 2000
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- Exam II, Fall 2001
- Exam II, Summer 2002
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- Exam II, Fall 2002
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- Exam II, Spring 2003
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It says Exam 1 on the cover, but it is indeed the second exam.
- Exam II, Summer 2003
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- Exam II, Fall 2003
answer/grading key and complete solutions (very detailed).
Due to an error in putting together the exam package, the table of Laplace transforms was unavailable to students taking the conflict exam. Therefore, a separate set of Laplace transform problems was made as a mini re-test and given to the affected students as a remedy. Here is the Laplace re-test.
Exam II Laplace transforms make-up test, Fall 2003
answer key and complete solutions
- Exam II, Spring 2004
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- Exam II, Spring 2005
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- Exam II, Fall 2005 (questions and answer key) - Professor Glasner's sections
- Exam II, Fall 2005 (questions and answer/grading key) - common exam for other sections
- Exam II, Summer 2006
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- Exam II, Spring 2007
- Exam II, Summer 2007
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- Exam II, Fall 2007
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- Exam II, Spring 2008
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- Exam II, Summer 2008
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- Exam II, Fall 2008
answer/grading key (interim).
This was a draft version of the grading key - there was a mistake in #12 (the correct answer is y(t)=e^{-3t} + u(t-2)(5/9+(t-2)/3-5/9 e^{-3(t-2)}) + u(t-3)e^{-3(t-3)}); in addition, also acceptable as an answer to #2(a) was "none", since the eigenvectors do not match what's given in the saddle point phase portrait.
- Exam II, Spring 2009
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- (Math 251H Honors section) Mock/Practice Exam II, Spring 2009
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- There was not a second midterm exam during the summer 2009 semester, only the exam I and final exam.
- Exam II, Fall 2009
- Exam II, Spring 2010
- Exam II, Summer 2010
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- Exam II, Fall 2010
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- Exam II, Spring 2011
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- Exam II, Summer 2011
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- Exam II, Fall 2011
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- Exam II, Spring 2012
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- Exam II, Summer 2012
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- Exam II, Fall 2012
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- Exam II, Spring 2013
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- Exam II, Summer 2013
Final Exam
- Final Exam, Fall 1999
- Final Exam, Spring 2000
- Final Exam, Fall 2000
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- Final Exam, Fall 2001
- Final Exam, Summer 2002
- Final Exam, Spring 2003
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- Final Exam, Summer 2003
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- Final Exam, Fall 2003
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- Final Exam, Spring 2004
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- Final Exam, Spring 2005 (questions and answer key)
- Final Exam, Fall 2005 - Professor Glasner's sections
- Final Exam, Fall 2005 - common exam for other sections
questions and answer/grading key
- Final Exam, Spring 2007
answer key
complete solution (detailed)
- Final Exam, Fall 2007
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- Final Exam, Spring 2008
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- Final Exam, Fall 2008
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- Final Exam, Spring 2009
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- (Math 251H Honors section) Mock/Practice Final Exam (version 1), Spring 2008/2009
- (Math 251H Honors section) Mock/Practice Final Exam (version 2), Spring 2008/2009
- Final Exam, Summer 2009
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This exam is shorter and simpler than usual. It is not a typical representative of the comprehensive final exams like the others.
- Final Exam, Fall 2009
- Final Exam, Spring 2010
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- Final Exam, Summer 2010
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- Final Exam, Fall 2010
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- Final Exam, Spring 2011
answer/grading key
- Final Exam, Summer 2011
answer key
- Final Exam, Fall 2011
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- Final Exam, Spring 2012
answer/grading key
- Final Exam, Summer 2012
- Final Exam, Fall 2012
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- Final Exam, Spring 2013
- Final Exam, Summer 2013
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