Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 334-A1)Spring Term 2025Instructor: Professor Hao Wang, CAB 545B (before May 15) and University Commons 4-277 (after May 25), hao8@ualberta.ca Co-Instructor: Dr. Liubov Sysoeva, sysoeva@ualberta.ca TA: Jacob Serpico, serpico@ualberta.ca LECTURE LOCATION & TIME: NRE 1-003; every weekday 11:30 am - 12:40 pm OFFICE HOURS: May 6, May 14, May 23, June 4, June 9, 12:45 pm -- 2:15 pm (or else by appointment) TEXTBOOK: Fundamentals of Differential Equations, R. Kent Nagle, Edward B. Saff and Arthur D. Snider, 9th Edition SYLLABUS (all course details can be found here) GRADING: Quiz 1 (20%), Quiz 2 (20%) and Final Examination (60%). An overall course mark of 50% or more guarantees a passing grade of at least D. An overall course mark of 90% or more guarantees a grade of at least A-.
Tentative Lecture Schedule
Announcements Sample Final Exam (to be posted later) Assignments |
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Week |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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May 5-9 |
Syllabus & First Order Equations |
First Order Equations |
First Order Equations |
Linear Second Order Equations |
Linear Second Order Equations |
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May 12-16 |
Linear Second Order Equations |
Quiz 1 |
Linear Second Order Equations |
Linear Second Order Equations |
Linear Second Order Equations |
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May 19-23 |
No class (holiday) |
Linear Second Order Equations |
Linear Second Order Equations |
Linear Second Order Equations |
Laplace Transforms |
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May 26-30 |
Laplace Transforms |
Quiz 2 |
Laplace Transforms |
Laplace Transforms |
Laplace Transforms |
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June 2-6 |
Laplace Transforms |
Laplace Transforms |
Series Solutions of DEs |
Series Solutions of DEs |
Series Solutions of DEs |
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June 9-13 |
Series Solutions of DEs |
Final review |
Final review |
Final Exam |
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