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Math 275 - Differential Equations
08/17/11 - Differential Equation Models, Differentiation and Integration
08/23/11 - Classifying DEs, Direction Fields and Numerical Solutions, and Separation of Variables
08/25/11 - Mathematical Models of Motion
08/30/11 - Review of First-Order ODE Solution techniques and Integrating Factors
09/01/11 - Homogeneous ODEs and Variation of Parameters
09/06/11 - What do you do when there's no analytical solution?  Use numerical methods!
09/08/11 - Refined numerical methods:  improved Euler's method and the Runge-Kutta method
09/13/11 - Mixing Problems
09/15/11 - Exact ODEs
09/20/11 - Integrating factors for exact ODEs and a different kind of Homogeneous ODE
09/22/11 - Existence and Uniqueness of ODE solutions
09/27/11 - Sensitivity of ODE solutions to initial conditions
09/29/11 - Autonomous ODEs
10/04/11 - Modeling Discrete and Continuous Processes
10/06/11 - Practice Exam on Chapters 1-3
10/11/11 - Summary of solution methods for ODEs
10/18/11 - Second-order Linear ODEs with Constant Coefficients
10/25/11 - Harmonic Motion and Inhomogeneous Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients
10/27/11 - Variation of Parameters and Inhomogeneous Linear ODEs with Constant Coefficients
11/01/11 - Harmonically Driver Oscillators and Resonance
11/03/11 - Laplace Transforms
11/08/11 - Properties of Laplace Transforms and Inverting Laplace Transforms
11/10/11 - Laplace Transforms of Discontinuous Functions
11/15/11 - Laplace Transforms of Periodic Functions
11/17/11 - Delta Functions
11/22/11 - Laplace Transforms and the Convolution Integral
11/29/11 - Power-Series solutions to ODEs with non-constant coefficients
12/01/11 - Higher-Order ODE's and Systems of Autonomous Dependent First-Order ODE's
12/06/11 - Homogeneous Autonomous Systems of First-Order ODEs with Constant Coefficients
12/08/11 - Phase-Plane Portraits and the Trace-Determinant Line
12/12/11 - Office Hours
12/13/11 - Office Hours