Math 334: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and
Probability and Statistics

Spring Semester 2002

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Jan 14 Lesson: Differential Equations Review

Reading: Sections 1.2 - 1.4

Jan 15 Lesson: Differential Equations Review

Reading: Sections 1.6, 1.11

Jan 16 Lesson: Differential Equations Review

Reading: Sections 1.4, 1.6

Jan 17 Lab 1: Solving Differential Equations

Due Today: Homework #1

Reading: Section 1.3

Jan 18 Lesson: Intro to Solving Homogeneous Equations

Homework: #2
Section 2.3 (p. 123): 1, 4, 8, 11, 13
Due on: Wednesday, Jan 23

Reading: Sections 2.1, 2.3

Jan 21 Martin Luther King Day

No Class

Jan 22 Lesson: Modeling and Solving Homogeneous Equations

Homework: #3
Section 2.3 (p. 123): 3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15
Due on: Thursday, Jan 24

Reading: Section 2.3

Jan 23 Lesson: Modeling and Solving Homogeneous Equations

Due Today: Homework #2

Reading: Section 2.3

Jan 24 Lab 2: Damping

Due Today: Lab #1 and Homework #3

Reading: Section 2.6

Jan 25 Lesson: Damping

Reading: Section 2.6

Jan 28 Lesson: Beats and Resonance,
Nonhomogeneous Equations

Homework: #4
Section 2.6 (p. 147): 4 - 9, 10
Due on: Thursday, Jan 31

Reading: Sections 2.6, 2.4

Jan 29 Lesson: Nonhomogeneous Equations

Reading: Section 2.4

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Jan 30 Lesson: Nonhomogeneous Equations

Reading: Section 2.4

Jan 31 Lesson: Nonhomogeneous Equations

Due Today: Homework #4

NO LAB!
MEET IN SIMPERMAN 123

Reading: Handout

Feb 1 Lesson: Nonhomogeneous Equations: Transient and Steady State

Feb 4 Lesson: Systems of Linear ODEs: Introduction

Reading: Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Note: Class material came from these sections

Feb 5 Lesson: Review

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Feb 6 EXAM 1

Feb 7 Lab 4: Lake Pollution Project

Reading: Handout

Feb 8 Lesson: Systems of Linear ODEs: Reduction of Second Order to systems

Reading: Sections 8.1 - 8.3

Feb 11 Lesson: Lake Pollution Project and
Systems of Linear ODEs: Results

Due Today: Homework #5

Reading: Section 8.4

Feb 12 Lesson: Systems of Linear ODEs: Results

Reading: Sections 8.5

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Feb 13 Lesson: Systems of Linear ODEs: Results

Reading: Section 8.5

Feb 14 Lab 5: Linear Systems

Due Today: Lab #4

Reading: Section 8.5

Feb 15 Lesson: Linear Systems: Solutions

Homework: #6
Section 8.5 (p. 474): 1-4, 16, 17, 19
Section 8.6 (p. 484): 1, 2, 14
Due on: Friday, Feb 22

Reading: Sections 8.5, 8.6

Feb 18 Presidents Day

No Class

Feb 19 Lesson: Slope Fields and Solution Curves in the Phase Plane

Reading: Section 8.11

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Feb 20 Lesson: Linear Systems: Q and A

Reading: Sections 8.5, 8.6

Feb 21 Lab 6: Applications

Due Today: Lake Pollution Project, Part II

Reading: Section 8.8

Feb 22 Lesson: Nonhomogeneous Systems with Constant Coefficients

Due Today: Homework #6

Homework: #7
Section 8.11 (p. 522): 4 - 6, 8 - 10
Section 8.8 (p. 500): 9, 10
Due on: Wednesday, Feb 27

Reading: Sections 8.4, 8.7
Note: We don't use the Variation of Parameters method

Feb 25 Lesson: Systems of Nonlinear Equations

Reading: Section 8.12

Feb 26 Lesson: Linearization of Nearly Linear Systems of Equations: Taylor Series

Reading: Section 8.12

Due Today: Lab 5

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Feb 27 Lesson: Linearization of Nearly Linear Systems of Equations

Due Today: Homework #7

Reading: Section 8.12

Feb 28 Lab 7: Solving and Analyzing Nonlinear Systems

Reading: Section 8.12

Due Today: Lab 6

Mar 1 EXAM 2

Mar 4 Spring Break

Campus Closed

Mar 5 Spring Break

Campus Closed

Mar 6 Spring Break

Campus Closed

Mar 7 Spring Break

Campus Closed

Mar 8 Spring Break

Campus Closed

Mar 11 Lesson: Linear Algebra Review

Reading: Sections 3.1 - 3.6, 4.4

Mar 12 Lesson: Vector Spaces

Reading: Sections 5.1 - 5.2

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Mar 13 Lesson: Vector Spaces

Reading: Sections 5.1 - 5.2

Mar 14 Lab: Linear Algebra Basics

Mar 15 Lesson: Vector Basis, Spanning Sets, and Linear Independence

Homework: #8
Section 5.2 (p. 284): 1, 7, 8, 12
Section 5.4 (p. 298): 2, 4, 8
Section 5.5 (p. 310): 1, 2, 5, 11
Due on: Wednesday, Mar 20

Reading: Sections 5.3 - 5.6

Mar 18 Lesson: No Class - work on Homework

Mar 19 Lesson: Vector Spaces Finale

Reading: Sections 5.3 - 5.6

Mar 20 Lesson: Linear Transformations

Due Today: Homework #8

Reading: Sections 6.1 - 6.2

Mar 21 Lab: Mappings, Kernels, Null Space, Image Space, and Eigensystems

Due Today: Lab 8

Reading: Sections 6.3 - 6.6

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Mar 22 Lesson: More Matrix Fun!

Reading: Section 6.3 - 6.6

Mar 25 Lesson: Linear Independence

Mar 26 Lesson: Fundamental Subspaces

Mar 27 Lesson: Review

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Mar 28 EXAM 3

Mar 29 Good Friday

No Class

Apr 1 Easter Monday

No Class

Apr 2 Lesson: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
and Overview of Sampling

Book Switch: Applied Statistics and Probability
Reading: Sections 1.1 - 1.2

Apr 3 Lesson: Descriptive Statistics

Reading: Sections 1.3 - 1.5

Apr 4 Lab: Work on Project 2

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Apr 5 Lesson: Visualizing Data

Reading: Chapter 2

Apr 8 Lesson: Linear Regression

Due Today: Project 2 summary

Reading: Sections 10.1 - 10.2

Apr 9 Lesson: Linear Regression

Reading: Sections 10.2 - 10.3

Apr 10 Lesson: Linear Regression

Reading: 10.3 - 10.4

Apr 11 Lab: Regression

Reading: 10.1 - 10.4

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Apr 12 Lesson: Introduction to Probability

Due Today: Project 2

Reading: Sections 3.1 - 3.2

Apr 15 Lesson: Probability Rules

Reading: Sections 3.2 - 3.3

Apr 16 Lesson: Conditional Probability

Reading: Sections 3.4 - 3.5

Apr 17 Lesson: Independence and Bayes Theorem

Reading: Sections 3.6 - 3.7

Apr 18 Lesson: Bayes Theorem and Review

Reading: Section 3.7

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

Apr 19 EXAM 4

Apr 22 Lesson: Markov Processes

Reading: Handout

Start Today: Project 3: Lake Pollution Projects Parts 4 - 6

Apr 23 Lesson: Markov Processes Part II

Reading: Handout

Apr 24 Lesson: Markov Processes Wrap up

Apr 25 Lab: Project

Apr 26 Lesson: Discrete Probability Distributions

Reading: Sections 4.1 - 4.4

Apr 29 Lesson: Binomial Distribution

Reading: Sections 4.5 - 4.6

Apr 30 Lesson: Continuous Probability Distributions

Reading: Sections 5.1 - 5.4

May 1 Lesson: Normal Distribution

Reading: Sections 5.5 - 5.6

May 2 Lab: Reliability

Reading: Handout

Study Session:
6:45 - 7:45

May 3 Lesson: Reliability
and Review

Reading: Handout

Due Today: Project 3

FINAL EXAM PERIOD: Monday May 6
8:00 - 9:45


mark parker
Last modified: 25 April 2002