Math 238-04 Fall 2009

Syllabus

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Practice Problems

Note: It is recommended to read the covered sections before doing the practice problems.

• Sections 1.1-1.2:   (P.16-20) 1.3 b, d, g, 1.6, 1.8 (No quiz this Friday.)
• Sections 2.1-2.2:   (P.16-17): 2.3 c, f, 2.4 a, f, 2.9 b, d
• Sections 3.1-3.2:   (P.28) 3.4 d, e, i.
• Sections 4.1-4.4:   (P.28): 4.4 b, c, e, 4.5 d, 4.7 a, h, j, o. (There will be a quiz on 9/28, covering Chapters 1-2.)
• Sections 5.1-5.2:   (P.12): 5.2 b, c, g, h, 5.3 a, e, f.
• Sections 6.1-6.4:   (P.10-11): 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
• Sections 8.1-8.2:   (P.30-31) 8.2 a, d, 8.3 a, 8.4 (Summary on Slope Fileds) , (slopefield-1) , (slopefiled-2)
• Sections 9.1-9.2:   (P.9-11) 9.1 c, d, 9.2 a. (Summary on Euler's method)
• Sections 10.1-10.4:   (P.23-25) 10.2, 10.7 (Summary on the rabbit population model)
• Test 1 will be given on Friday, Sept. 25. It covers Chapters 1-6, 8-10. The format of the test is similar to the prevopus tests on this webpage.
• Sections 11.1-11.2:   (P.16-17) 11.2 a, b, 11.6 b, 11.6 b, e. (Summay on two special types of 2nd-order equations)
• Sections 12.1-12.3:   (P.21) 12.7 c, d, f, g, h. (Basic theorems for linear 2nd-order equations)
• Sections 13.1-13.3:   (P.12) 13.1 a, e, f (Summary on reduction of order)
• Sections 14.1-14.4:   (P.12) 14.2
• Sections 16.1-16.6:   (P.19) 16.1 a, 16.2 a, 16.3 b. ( See Theorem 16.4 on Page 16-18 for a summary.)
• Sections 19.1-19.3:   (P.13) 19.1 b, c, e, h, j, 19.2 c, 19.3. (Summary on the 2nd-order Euler equation)
• Sections 20.1-20.2:   (P.5) 20.5, 20.6, 20.7. (Summary on the Principle of Superposition)
• Sections 21.1-21.3, 21.5:   (P.17-19) 21.1 a i, b, 21.2 a ii, b, 21.3 b, 21.4 b, 21.6 d, 21.7, 21.10 (Summary on the method of undetermined coefficients)
• Sections 23.1:   (P.15-16) 23.1 a, c, h, j, 23.2 a, b. (Summary on variation of parameters)
• Test 2 will be given on Wednesday, Nov. 4. It covers the sections listed above since Test 1. Some old tests can be found on this webpage.
• Sections 24.1-24.5:   (P.24-28) 24.6 c, d, e, 24.7, 24.8, 24.10, 24.11 a, b, c
• Sections 25.1-25.2:   (P.25-13) 25.1 a, b, i, k, 25.2, 25.3
• Sections 26.1-26.3:   (P.26-11) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
• Sections 27.1-27.3:   (P.27-14) 27.2 a, b, d, f, 27.4, 27.5 a, b, c, d.