Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (Math 244), Sections 1-3, Fall 2013 (Rutgers, NB)

(Last Update: Jan. 6, 2013) http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/math244_13.html

Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations (9th ed.) by William E. Boyce and Richard C. DiPrima
[Note: ANY edition (older or newer) is fine!, the section numberings may be different, though]
Instructor: Dr. Doron ZEILBERGER ("Dr. Z") .
Teaching Assistant: Mr. Fei Qi (fq15 at math dot rutgers dot edu)
Dr.Z's Email: zeilberg at math dot rutgers dot edu (MUST have DiffEqsRock in the subject!)
Place and Times of Lectures: Mondays and Thursdays, 1st period, 8:40-10:00am, PH-115 (Busch Campus)
Place and Times of Recitations:
- Section 1: Thursdays 1:55-2:50pm, SEC 202 (Busch Campus)
- Section 2: Thursdays 3:35-4:30pm, SEC 217 (Busch Campus)
- Section 3: Thursdays 5:15-6:10pm, SEC 220 (Busch Campus)
Free Tutoring: Mondays and Thursdays 7:40-8:30am, PH 115.
Mr. Fei Qi's Office Hour: Wed. 5:00-6:00pm, Hill 624.
Dr. Z.'s Additional Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 12:00-1:00pm, Hill 704.
Dr. Z.'s Class Policy

Here are the answers to the homework problems.

Added Oct. 7, 2013: How do design your very own Practice Exams for Exam 1.

Added Oct. 15, 2013: Here is Exam 1, and here are the Full Solutions to Exam 1.

Added Oct. 19, 2013: People who did not do as well as they should have are welcome to join the Second Chance Club for Exam I.

Added Nov. 19, 2013: How do design your very own Practice Exams for Exam 2.

Added Nov. 30, 2013: Here is Exam 2, and here are the Full Solutions to Exam 2.

Added Dec. 2, 2013: People who did not do as well as they should on Exam 2 have are welcome to join the Second Chance Club for Exam II.

Added Dec. 9, 2013: Instead of a practice Final, here are All the homework assignments, in one file. If you can do them all (correctly!) you would ace the final.

Added Dec. 23, 2013: Here is the Final Exam Without Solutions, and here is Meredith Taghon's Perfect Solutions,
P.S. Congratulations to Meredith, who won a $25 gift card at amazon.com .

Lecture Schedule [and Homework]

Thu. Sept. 5: Lecture 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 HW (due Sept. 12).
Mon. Sept. 9: Lecture 2: 2.1 HW (due Sept. 19).
Thu. Sept. 12: Lecture 3: 2.2 HW (due Sept. 19).
Mon. Sept. 16: Lecture 4: 2.4 HW (due Sept. 26).
Guest Lecturer: Mr. Fei Qi
Thu. Sept. 19: Lecture 5: 2.5 HW (due Sept. 26).
Guest Lecturer: Mr. Fei Qi
Mon. Sept. 23: Lecture 6: 2.6 HW (due Oct. 3).
Thu. Sept. 26: Lecture 7: 2.7, 8.1-8.3 HW (due Oct. 3).

Maple code for Euler and Improved Euler.
Mon. Sept. 30: Lecture 8: 3.1 HW (due Oct. 10).
Thu. Oct. 3: Lecture 9: 3.2 HW (due Oct. 10).
Mon. Oct. 7: Lecture 10: 3.3 HW (due Oct. 17).
Thu. Oct. 10: Lecture 11: 3.4 HW (due Oct. 17).
Mon. Oct. 14: Exam 1 (On lectures 1-10)
Thu. Oct. 17: Lecture 12: 3.5 HW (due Oct. 24).
Mon. Oct. 21: Lecture 13: 3.6 HW (due Oct. 31).
Thu. Oct. 24: Lecture 14: 4.1 HW (due Oct. 31).
Mon. Oct. 28: Lecture 15: 4.2 HW (due Nov. 7).
Thu. Oct. 31: Lecture 16: 4.3 HW (due Nov. 7).
Mon. Nov. 4: Lecture 17: 7.1, 7.2 HW (due Nov. 14).
Thu. Nov. 7: Lecture 18 Part A: (notes by Dr. Edinah Gnang) and Lecture 18 Part B: 7.3, 7.4 HW (due Nov. 14).
Mon. Nov. 11: Lecture 19: 7.5 HW (due Nov. 21).
Thu. Nov. 14: Lecture 20: 7.6 HW (due Nov. 21).
Mon. Nov. 18: Lecture 21: 7.8 HW (due Nov. 26)
Thu. Nov. 21: Lecture 22: 9.1 HW (due Nov. 26)
Mon. Nov. 25: REVIEW
Tue. Nov. 26: Exam 2 (On lectures 1-22, with an emphasis on lectures 11-22)
Note that according to the RU calendar, this day follows Thursday schedule.
Mon. Dec. 2: Lecture 23 Part A, Lecture 23 Part B: 5.1 HW (due Dec. 9)
Thu. Dec. 5: Lecture 24: 5.2 HW (due Dec. 9) HW (due Dec. 9)
Mon. Dec. 9: REVIEW

Optional Marathon Review

Thurs. Dec. 12, 9:00am-1:00pm, our usual classroom (PH-115)

Final Exam

Fri. Dec. 20, 2013, 4:00-7:00pm (in our classroom [PH-115])

Added Dec. 24, 2013: Here is the list of top scorers on the final exam (out of 210 points):

Adal Arnell: 210
Efren Deasis: 210
Meredith Taghon: 210
Kevin Albertson: 209
Samantha Jeng : 208
Kelsey Hickey: 207
Alok Shroff: 207
Jonathan Chang: 206
Guan Yu Chen: 206
Wesley Chin: 205
Colleen Engler: 205
Kolung Chan: 204
Sanatha Heller: 203
Mehul Salhotra: 203
Xiao Cheng: 202
Irina Limaico Suarez: 202
Elias Bull: 200
Cody Hewitt: 200
Xiaoyu (Sharon) Zhang: 200

Added Jan. 6, 2014: Here are the students' evaluations .

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