MATH 421 Calendar

Spring 2016


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Lecture Date Section(s) HW assignments and additional comments
Week 1
1 Thu 01/21 Introduction to course, 4.1 Review quiz . 4.1: 7,13,23,29,31,35,37,39,41,42
Review quiz due on Thu 01/28
Quiz 1 on Thu 01/28 (Material: Lectures 1 and 2)
Week 2
2 Mon 01/25 4.2 4.2: 7,8,11,13,23,25,33,35,38
3 Thu 01/28 4.3 4.3: 3,7,9,13,15,39,41,47,58,65 Quiz 1, Review quiz due
Quiz 2 on Thu 2/4 (Material: Lectures 3 and 4, up to convolutions)
Week 3
4 Mon 2/1 Finish 4.3 examples, 4.4 4.4: 7,11,19,27,33,37,41,51,53
5 Thu 2/4 Finish 4.4 See Lecture 4 above for assignments from 4.4 Quiz 2
Quiz 3 on Thu 2/11 (Material: Lectures 5 and 6)
Week 4
6 Mon 2/8 4.5, 4.6 4.5: 1,3,9 4.6: 1,3,9
7 Thu 2/11 7.6, 8.1, 8.2 (didn't get to 8.2, but please read) 8.1: 15,17,20,27,30 8.2: 3,5,9,16 Quiz 3
Quiz 4 on Thu 2/18 (Material: Lectures 7 and 8, up to Section 8.3)
Week 5
8 Mon 2/15 8.2, 8.3 8.3: 3,8,11,12,17
9 Thu 2/18 8.4, 8.5 (beginning) 8.4: 15,19,21,23 8.5: 7,9,12,22,25 Quiz 4
Quiz 5 on Thu 2/25 (Material: Lectures 9 and 10)
Week 6
10 Mon 2/22 8.5 (finish),8.6 8.6: 5,7,19,20,23,27,34
11 Thu 2/25 8.8 8.8: 3,6,7,10,15,22 Quiz 5
Exam 1 on Thursday 03/03
Week 7
12 Mon 2/29 8.10 8.10: 2,5,6,8,13,16,20
13 Thu 3/03 Exam 1, in class

Exam 1 information

Laplace table

Week 8
14 Mon 3/07 Finish 8.10, 8.12 8.12: 5,6,13,15,16,25,29
15 Thu 3/10 12.1 (beginning) 12.1: 3,5,7,10,15,18
Quiz 6 on Thu 3/24 (Material: Lectures 15 and 16)
Week 9
Spring Break!
Quiz 6 on Thu 3/24 (Material: Lectures 15 and 16)
Week 10
16 Mon 3/21 12.1 (finish), 12.2 12.2: 3,5,6,13,17
17 Thu 3/24 12.3 12.3: 5,6,7,19,21,24,29 Quiz 6
Quiz 7 on Thu 3/31 (Material: Lectures 17 and 18)
Week 11
18 Mon 3/28 12.4 12.4: 2,5,6,11
19 Thu 3/31 3.9 3.9: 13,15,18 Quiz 7
Quiz 8 on Thu 4/07 (Material: Lectures 19 and 20)
Week 12
20 Mon 4/04 12.5, 13.1 (start) 12.5: 1,4,5
21 Thu 4/07 13.1 (finish) 13.1: 3,8,17,18,21,28 Quiz 8
Quiz 9 on Thu 4/14 (Material: Lectures 21 and 22)
Week 13
22 Mon 4/11 13.2 (heat equation), 13.3 13.2: 1,3,4,5
23 Thu 4/14 13.3 (finish), 13.2 (wave equation), 13.4 13.3: 1,3,4 13.2: 7,10 13.4: 3,4,7,11 Quiz 9
Week 14
24 Mon 4/18 Exam 2, in class Exam 2 information
25 Thu 4/21 Exam 2 recap, wave equation derivation (13.2, extended) See Lecture 23 above for HW for the wave equation formulation (13.2)
Quiz 10 on Thu 4/28 (Material: Heat and wave equations (setup and solution), roughly Lectures 23 and 25)
Week 15
26 Mon 4/25 13.4, 13.2 (Laplace's equation), 13.5 (Laplace equation solution, beginning) 13.2: 11
27 Thu 4/28 13.5 (finish) 13.5: 3,6,7,11 Quiz 10
Week 16
28 Mon 5/02 Review, 13.6 13.6 (not covered on Exam 3): 1,7,9,10,11