Penn State University - University Park
Math 250, Fall 2010

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Aissa Wade
Office: 317 McAllister
Phone: (814) 865-7311
E-mail: wadeATmath.psu.edu
Office Hours (Fall 2010): Mondays 4:00 - 5:00, Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 and by appointment.


CLASS SCHEDULE - Tentative
  Week                                 Topics                Sections                 
  8/23- 8/27   Introduction, linear Equations               
                 
1.1-1.3,  2.1
  8/30 - 9/3
  Linear equations, separable equations
2.1-2.2

  9/6-9/10
  Modeling.
 No class on Mon. Sept 6,
2.3
  9/13 - 9/17    Differences, autonomous equations, constant coefficients,
  2.4, 2.5, 3.1
  9/20 - 9/24

 Wronskian, complex roots
3.2-3.3
  9/27 - 10/1 Review I,  repeated roots.
   Review I and 3.4.
  10/4 - 10/8   Non-homogeneous equations.

   3.5.
  10/11- 10/15
  Vibrations, n-th order linear equations,
   homogeneous equations
  3.7, 4.1-4.2,
  10/18-10/22   Laplace transforms, initial value problems.
6.1-6.2
  10/25 - 10/29  Step functions,  discontinuous forcing functions,
  		  6.3-6.4,
  11/1-11/5   Impluse functions, systems of ODE's, review
  		 6.5,  7.1, Review
  11/8-11/12 Classification of critical points, phase portraits
 
   Review,
 7.5-7.7
  11/22-11/26   Thanksgiving   No class
  11/29-12/3   Nonhomogeneous linear systems,
numerical methods, phase plane, 		  7.9, 8.1, 9.1
  12/6-12/10  Autonomous systems and stability, locally linear systems 9.2-9.3, final reviews