Math 256 (Differential Equations)
Section 201, Spring 2004

Instructor Stephen Gustafson [schedule] Contact gustaf@math.ubc.ca; 604-822-3138 Office Math Building Room 115 [map] Office hours see below during exam period Lectures Mon., Wed., Fri. 8:00-9:00 AM, LSK 201 Text Book Boyce and DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 7th edition (but earlier editions should suffice) Mid-term Tests Feb. 4 and Mar. 24

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Course Materials

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• Course outline
• Assignments, tests and solutions
• Labs
• Grading scheme and policies [please read!]
• Some notes:
  • Summary of two-by-two phase portraits
  • Richardson extrapolation
• Some suggested practice problems:
  • Chs 1,2,8
  • Chs 3,7
  • Ch 10
• Practice tests:
  • Final (warning: may not resemble actual final)
  • Final rough solutions
  • Midterm 2
  • Midterm 2 solutions
  • Midterm 1
  • Midterm 1 solutions
• Math 256 prize problem.

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Announcements

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• our Final Exam is Apr. 27, 3:30 PM, in LSK 200 (click for the full exam schedule). You can bring
  • a cheat sheet (2-sided, usual sized page)
  • a calculator.
  Please also bring your student ID!
• Leading up to the final exam, my office hours will be
  • Wed., Apr. 21: 1:30-3:00
  • Thurs., Apr. 22: 4:30-6:30
  • Mon., Apr. 26: 1:30-3:00
• Dr. Frigaard (the instructor of the other section) is holding a review session Monday Apr. 26, 1:00 (go to MATX 1109)
• For the exam period, tutorial centre hours are different. Math 256 is covered Thurs.-Fri. Apr. 22-23, 12:00-3:00
• Sources of old exams
  • AMS Exam Database
  • The Math Club sells worked exam packages. They don't do Math 256, but they do the related courses 215/255 (ODE) and 257/316 (PDE). Warning: we didn't cover some of the material in these courses (examples: Laplace transform, power series methods, nonlinear systems), so don't panic if something looks unfamiliar to you!

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Information and Links

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• Section 202 Homepage [includes Dr. Frigaard's lecture notes]
• Drop-in Tutorials (with graduate students) occur in MSRC (the portable behind the Math Annex building) Rm. 3. Specific times someone knowledgeable about Math 256 will be there:
  • Tuesday, 3:00-5:00
  • Thursday, 4:00-5:00
  • Friday, 1:00-2:00