Mathematics 244 - Spring 2004
Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics

Lecture Sections 17, 18, 19, 20 (Feehan): TTH 1:10-2:30 in room HILL 114
Recitation Sections 18-20 (Weingart): 10:05-11:00 SEC 217,  1:25-2:20 SEC 220, and  3:05-4:00 ARC 205
Recitation Section 17 (Lins): 11:45-12:40 ARC 108

Course Announcements (updated frequently)  |  Contact information and office hours  |  Teaching assistant contact information and office hours  |  Main Math 244 home page, Maple workshop downloads and documentation, textbook  |  Grading policy  |  Maple lab due dates  |  Exam preparation and sample exams  |  Tentative lecture schedule (subject to change)  |  Actual lecture schedule log  |  Homework schedule  | Rutgers final exam master schedule | Frequently asked questions (FAQ)  |  FAS Online Gradebook  | Quiz solutions

Course announcements (updated 5/20/2004)

Contact information and office hours

Teaching assistant contact information and office hours

Maple grader contact information

Main Math 244 home page,  Maple workshop downloads and documentation, textbook

Grading policy

The course is graded "on the curve": this means that overall letter grades are assigned using a grade distribution curve obtained from historical 244 course grade statistical data for all sections. Percentages for my course are chosen to be within 1 or 2% of the historical grade distributions for all 244 sections, with actual cutoffs being selected where there appear to be natural breaks between groups of numerical scores.

Maple lab due dates

Please carefully observe the due dates for the Maple labs. No late Maple labs are accepted, for any reason. So please download the Maple files in good time and plan accordingly. If you expect to be absent on the day a Maple lab is due, you may hand in the Maple lab early or ask a friend to turn in the lab on your behalf.

Exam preparation and sample exams

Exam problems will be closely based on the assigned textbook homework and in-class examples. Anyone who has carefully reviewed the class examples and the homework problems should be well-prepared for the exams. You may use a calculator, but the exams will not emphasize problems that are too cumbersome for hand calculation. You are expected to remember the basic rules and formulae of Calculus I but the exams will emphasize understanding rather than memorization.  Books or notes are not permitted and no formula sheets will be provided for any exam. You may use the following sample exams for review:

Tentative lecture schedule (section coverage subject to change)

Note: The textbook sections in blue in the table below are usually not covered in lecture, due to lack of time. However, you should read them as needed to help you with some of the Maple exercises or your other classes in physics and engineering.

 Date Lecture Sections Covered
 Date  Lecture Sections Covered
1/20 1  1.1, 1.2
Assign: Maple Lab 0 
3/9 15  4.1, 4.2, 4.3 
1/22 2  1.3, 2.1 
3/11 16  5.5
Assign: Maple Lab 3 
Due: Maple Lab 2
1/27 3  2.2, 2.3 
3/23 17  7.1, 7.2 
1/29 4  2.3, 2.4 
3/25 18  7.3 
2/3 5  2.5, 2.6
3/30 19  7.4, 7.5
2/5 6  2.7, 8.1
Assign: Maple Lab 1 
Due: Maple Lab 0
4/1 20  7.6, 7.8
Assign: Maple Lab 4 
Due: Maple Lab 3
2/10 7  8.2, 8.3 
4/6 21  Exam 2
2/12 8  3.1, 3.2 
4/8 22  9.1 
2/17 9  3.2, 3.3
4/13 23  9.2, 9.3 
2/19 10  3.4, 3.5
Assign: Maple Lab 2 
Due: Maple Lab 1
4/15 24  9.4
Assign: Maple Lab 5 
Due: Maple Lab 4
2/24 11  Exam 1
4/20 25  9.5 
2/26 12  3.6, 3.7 
4/22 26  5.1, 5.2 
3/2 13  3.7, 3.8 
4/27 27  via email5.2, 5.3 
3/4 14  3.8, 3.9
4/29 28  Catch-up
Due: Maple Lab 5
     
5/7   Final Exam
Hill 114
12:00-3:00PM


Actual lecture schedule log (updated weekly)

 Date Lecture Sections Covered
 Date  Lecture Sections Cover via emailed
1/20 1  2.1
Assign: Maple Lab 0 
3/9 15  4.3, 5.5
1/22 2  2.1 , 2.2, 2.4
3/11 16  5.5
Assign: Maple Lab 3 
Due: Maple Lab 2
1/27 3  2.4, 2.3 (finance)
3/23 17  5.5, 7.1, 7.2
1/29 4  2.4, 2.6 (without integrating factors)
3/25 18  7.3
2/3 5  2.6 (integrating factors), Taylor's Theorem
3/30 19  7.3
2/5 6  2.7, 8.1
Assign: Maple Lab 1 
Due: Maple Lab 0
4/1 20  7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Assign: Maple Lab 4 
Due: Maple Lab 3
2/10 7  8.2, 8.3, 3.1
4/6 21  Exam 2
2/12 8  3.1, 3.2
4/8 22  7.5
2/17 9  3.3, 3.5
4/13 23  7.6, 7.8
2/19 10  3.4
Assign: Maple Lab 2 
Due: Maple Lab 1
4/15 24  7.8, 9.1
Assign: Maple Lab 5 
Due: Maple Lab 4
2/24 11  Exam 1
4/20 25  9.1, 9.2
2/26 12  3.6
4/22 26  9.2, 9.3
3/2 13  3.6, 3.7
4/27 27  5.1, 5.2
3/4 14  4.1, 4.2
4/29 28  5.2
Due: Maple Lab 5
     
5/7   Final Exam
Hill 114
12:00-3:00PM
 

Homework schedule (additional problems may be suggested in lectures)

 Section   Problems
 Section   Problems 
1.1 1, 2, 5
4.1 1, 6, 7, 13, 17, 20, 21
1.2 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11
4.2 2, 10, 11, 19, 23, 28
1.3 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 18
4.3 3, 9, 12, 17
2.1 2, 8, 13, 22
5.5 2, 9, 15, 17
2.2 3, 8, 9, 17


2.3 8, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 29, 31
7.1 4, 5, 7
2.4 1, 7, 15, 18
7.2 2, 8, 11, 22, 26
2.5 2, 7, 9, 22
7.3 3, 6, 10, 13, 15
2.6 2, 8, 14, 19, 26
7.4 4, 6



7.5 3, 12, 19
2.7 2
7.6 3, 8, 9, 13
8.1 8, 16, 19
7.8 3, 8
8.2 2, 7


8.3 2, 7
9.1 13, 18



9.2 2, 8
3.1 3, 6, 10, 16, 18, 21, 34
9.3 4, 13, 16
3.2 2, 6, 7, 11, 13, 23
9.4 5, 8
3.3 1, 4, 7, 13, 15, 19
9.5 1, 6, 11
3.4 1, 4, 7, 16, 17, 22, 24


3.5 2, 7, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23
5.1 1, 6, 8, 9, 14, 18
3.6 4, 10, 17, 20, 25
5.2 2, 6, 12, 15, 18
3.7 1, 7, 15
5.3 1, 3, 7, 8, 12, 16
3.8 1, 4, 5, 8, 15, 19
5.4 2, 3, 19
3.9 2, 5, 7, 11