Website for Math 246, Sections 02xx, Fall 2015
Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers

This website contains the official syllabus for this course.

Instructor: Professor David Levermore  
Office: CSS 4309 and MTH 3313
Phone: 301-405-5127 and 301-405-5067 respectively. (If I am not there then please use e-mail to contact me.)
Email: lvrmr@math.umd.edu (Please include ``Math 246'' in the subject heading.)

Assistant: Geoffrey Clapp
Office: CSI 4116
Email: clappge1@math.umd.edu (Please include ``Math 246'' in the subject heading.)

Assistant: Hsin-Yi Lin
Office: MTH 2119
Email: hylin@math.umd.edu (Please include ``Math 246'' in the subject heading.)

Assistant: Pratima Hebbar
Office: MTH 4423
Email: phebbar@math.umd.edu (Please include ``Math 246'' in the subject heading.)

The Headlines

• The course grades have been entered into UMEG.
  The course grade distribution for 196 students was
  • 51 A's (625-700) - (26.0%)
  • 82 B's (550-624) - (41.8%)
  • 36 C's (475-549) - (18.4%)
  • 16 D's (410-472) - (8.2%)
  • 11 F's (0-389) - (5.6%)
  Over 67% A's and B's is outstanding. Congratulations!
  Click below on "Grading" to see how they were computed.
• The Final Exam grade distribution for the 193 students who took it was
  • 60 A's (173-200) - (31.1%),
  • 74 B's (148-172) - (38.3%),
  • 27 C's (127-147) - (14.0%),
  • 19 D's (102-126) - (9.8%),
  • 13 F's (0-101) - (6.7%).
  This was not an easy final exam, so congratulations again! Click below on "Exams" to find a copy of it.
  After Monday, 11 January you may request a copy of your final exam from the Math Undergraduate Office.
  I would be happy to go over it with you after that date.
  Have a great holiday break!
• Graded in-class exams are available from your TA. Solutions to all in-class exams are posted.
  Click below on "Exams" to find the solutions and to see the grade distributions.
• Graded quizzes are available from your TA. Solutions to all quizzes are posted.
  Click below on "Quizzes" to find them.
• Graded MATLAB projects are available from your TA.
  

• Lecture Notes are posted. These replace the traditional textbook, but not the Matlab book.
  They include links to many other resources.
  They include the assigned homework exercises, but not the Matlab projects.
  Click below on "Class Notes and Exercises" to find them. Log in with your University of Maryland account.
• The Matlab book is required. Matlab is available at WAM labs, so you do not have to buy it.
  Click below on "Texts and Other Resources" for more infromation.
• Students can Access Matlab for Free at http://eit.umd.edu/vcl
  This service is through the Univerisity site license.
• Links to MIT open courseware videos, Khan Academy videos, and Paul's On-Line Notes are posted.
  Click below on "Texts and Other Resourses" to find them.
  There are commented links to them by topic under "Class Notes and Exercises"
  

• Calculus Review Handouts are posted.
  Check out their presentation of techniques of integration.
  They show partial fractions as we do them in lecture.
  Click below on "Calculus Review Handouts" to find them.
  

The Details

Office Hours			Syllabus
Tutoring			Exams
Class Notes and Exercises			Quizzes
Texts and Other Resources			Homeworks
Calculus Review Handouts			MATLAB Projects
Description and Prerequisites			Grading and Academic Integrity
Attendance and Withdrawal

Discussion Sections:	Section 0211	8:00am - 8:50am Wednesdays in MTH B0429 with Geoffrey Clapp
	Section 0221	9:00am - 9:50am Wednesdays in MTH B0429 with Geoffrey Clapp
	Section 0231	10:00am - 10:50am Wednesdays in MTH B0429 with Hsin-Yi Lin
	Section 0241	11:00am - 11:50am Wednesdays in MTH B0429 with Hsin-Yi Lin
	Section 0212	8:00am - 8:50am Wednesdays in MTH 0305 with Pratima Hebbar
	Section 0222	9:00am - 9:50am Wednesdays in MTH 0305 with Pratima Hebbar
	Section 0232	10:00am - 10:50am Wednesdays in MTH 0305 with Pratima Hebbar
	Section 0242	11:00am - 11:50am Wednesdays in MTH 0305 with Pratima Hebbar