Syllabus for M 340 – Section 04

M340: Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations, Spring 2004

Prerequisite: M255 or M261 or M CC 255

Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Boyce & DiPrima, 7^th Edition

Obs1: Credit allowed for only one of the courses: M340, M345, M355.

Obs2: Everyone must register for both lecture and laboratory.

Website: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~cruceanu/Teaching/Spring2004/M340/M340Spring2004.html

Instructor - Contact Information:

Stefan Cruceanu, Office: Weber 13, Tel: 1-2594, e-mail: cruceanu@math.colostate.edu

Class Dates/Time/Location:

January 20^th – May 7^th, MTWF, 11:00 – 11:50 AM, E-203

Office Hours:

MTWF 10:00 –10:50 AM, or by appointment.

Grading Procedures:

1- Take Home Exams	60%
2- Mid-term Exam	20%
3- Final Exam	20%
TOTAL	100%

Examinations:

The Take Home Exams will be handed out approximately every 2 weeks. The due date for each will be announced when the exam is given out. The Mid-term and Final Exam will be in class exams and will be open book.

Homework:

Homework problems will be assigned but not collected.

Technology Labs:

We will not hold a regular lab meeting (Tuesdays will be regular class sessions) but we will make use of the computer in the course.

Course Coordinator:

• Paul DuChateau, Professor, Office: Weber 128, phone 491-6792,

email: pauld@math.colostate.edu

Course Content:

We will not require the text but will cover (more or less) the material that is contained in chapters 1,2,3 and 6,7,9 in the text by Boyce and DiPrima (see the M340 website). More specifically, the topics covered will include

Introduction to Differential Equations

First Order Equations

Second Order Linear Equations

The Laplace Transform

Systems of Linear Equations

Dynamical Systems

Updated: Monday, January 19^th, 2004