Math 246 Syllabus, Fall 2020

Month	Date	Event	Topic	Sections	Assignment
			First-Order Ordinary Differential Equations
August	31	Reading	Introduction	0.1 - 0.4, 1.1 - 1.3
September	1	Lecture	Linear Equations	2.1 - 2.5
	2	Discussion	Introduction and Linear	0.1 - 0.4, 1.1 - 1.3, 2.1 - 2.5	Group Work 1
	3	Lecture	Separable Equations	3.1 - 3.4	Quiz 1
	4	Project	Matlab Text	Chapters 1 - 4	Matlab A
	8	Lecture	General Theory and Graphical Methods	4.1 - 4.2, 5.1 - 5.4.1,
	9	Discussion	Separable, Theory, and Graphical	3.1 - 4.4, 4.1 - 4.2, 5.1 - 2.4.1	Group Work 2
	10	Lecture	Applications	6.1 - 6.4	Quiz 2
	15	Lecture	Reduction and Motion	8.1 - 8.3
	16	Discussion	Applications and Reduction	6.1 - 6.3, 8.1 - 8.3	Group Work 3, Matlab B
	17	Lecture	Numerical Methods	7.1 - 7.4	Quiz 3
	22	Lecture	Exact Differential Forms and Integrating Factors	9.1 - 9.3
	23	Discussion	Numerical Methods and Exact Forms	7.1 - 7.4, 9.1 - 9.3	Group Work 4
	24	Lecture	Exam 1	1.1 - 9.3	Exam 1
			Higher-Order Linear Ordinary Differential Equations
	29	Lecture	Introduction to Higher-Order Linear Equations Homogeneous Equations: General Methods and Theory	1.1 - 1.3 2.1 - 2.3, 3.1 - 3.3.1
	30	Discussion	Homogeneous Equations	1.1 - 1.3, 2.1 - 2.3, 3.1 - 3.3.1	Group Work 5, Matlab C
October	1	Lecture	Homogeneous Equations: General Methods and Theory Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients	2.3 - 2.7 4.1	Quiz 4
	6	Lecture	Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients Nonhomogeneous Equations: General Methods and Theory	4.2 - 4.5 5.1 - 5.2
	7	Discussion	Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Equations	2.3 - 2.7, 4.1 - 4.5, 5.1 - 5.2	Group Work 6
	8	Lecture	Nonhomogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients	6.1 - 6.2	Quiz 5
	13	Lecture	Nonhomogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients	6.3 - 6.5	%nbsp
	14	Discussion	Nonhomogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients	6.1 - 6.5	Group Work 7, Matlab D1
	15	Lecture	Application: Mechanical Vibrations	8.1 - 8.5	Quiz 6
	20	Lecture	Application: Mechanical Vibrations Nonhomogeneous Equations with Variable Coefficients	8.6 7.1 - 7.3.1
	21	Discussion	Mechanical Vibrations Nonhomogeneous Equations with Variable Coefficients	8.1 - 8.6 7.1 - 7.3.1	Group Work 8
	22	Lecture	Exam 2	1.1 - 8.6	Exam 2
	27	Lecture	Laplace Transform Method	9.1 - 9.5
	28	Discussion	Laplace Transform Method	9.1 - 9.5	Group Work 9, Matlab D2
	29	Lecture	Laplace Transform Method	9.5 - 9.9	Quiz 7
November	3	Lecture	Laplace Transform Method	9.9 - 9.11
	4	Discussion	Laplace Transform Method	9.5 - 9.10	Group Work 10
			First-Order Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations
	5	Lecture	Introduction to First-Order Systems Linear Systems: Matrices and Vectors	1.1 - 1.5, 2.0, 3.1, 3.2	Quiz 8, Exam 2 Appeals
	10	Lecture	Linear Systems: General Methods and Theory Linear Systems: Matrix Exponentials	2.1 - 2.5 4.1 - 4.2	%nbsp
	11	Discussion	First-Order Systems	9.9 - 9.10 1.1 - 1.5, 2.1 - 2.5, 3.1, 3.2	Group Work 11, Matlab E
	12	Lecture	Linear Systems: Matrix Exponentials	4.3 - 4.4	Quiz 9
	17	Lecture	Linear Systems: Eigen Methods	5.1 - 5.5
	18	Discussion	Linear Systems	4.1 - 4.4, 5.1 - 5.5	Group Work 12
	19	Lecture	Exam 3	9.1 - 9.10, 1.1 - 5.5	Exam 3
	24	Lecture	Linear Planar Systems	7.1 - 7.3
	26		Thanksgiving
December	1	Lecture	Autonomous Planar Systems: Integral Methods	8.1 - 8.4
	2	Discussion	Planar Systems	7.1 - 7.3, 8.1 - 8.4	Group Work 13
	3	Lecture	Autonomous Planar Systems: Nonintegral Methods	9.1 - 9.5	Quiz 10
	8	Lecture	Application: Population Dynamics	10.1 - 10.3	Exam 3 Appeals
	9	Discussion	Autonomous Planar Systems	9.1 - 9.5, 10.1 - 10.3	Group Work 14, Project F
	10	Lecture	Application: Population Dynamics	10.3 - 10.4	Quiz 11
	11		Final Exam, 1:30pm - 3:30pm		Final