Ordinary Differential Equations - Spring 2020
MA 304.01: (MWF) 12:00-12:50 PM KH 305
MA 304.02: (MWF) 01:00-01:50 PM KH 305
An introduction to ordinary differential equations. Techniques for solving
and analyzing first and second order differential equations, both linear and nonlinear; systems of
differential equations. Qualitative and numerical methods as well as closed form solutions are
emphasized, and mathematical software (MATLAB) is used.
Instructor:Dr.Prince Chidyagwai
Office: Knott Hall 301d
Phone: 410-617-2710
Office Hours: MWF 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM and MW 2:00-3:00 PM or by appointment
Email: pchidyagwai@loyola.edu
Course Materials
Course Syllabus
MATLAB information:
You can access MATLAB online here
You can download and install MATLAB on your personal machine. See instructions here.
MATH-STAT computer lab (KH 318): The computers in KH 318 have MATLAB locally installed. You have card access to this lab.
Do not hesitate to email me if you have any difficulties installing or running MATLAB.
MATLAB Tutorials:
Assignments:
ONLINE LECTURES
Monday 04/27
Friday 04/24
Wednesday 04/22
Monday 04/20
Wednesday 04/15
Wednesday 04/08
Monday 04/06
Friday 04/03
Wednesday 04/01
Monday 03/30
Friday 03/27
Wednesday 03/25
Monday 03/23
Example 7a (video)
Example 7b (video)
Example 7c (video)
Example 7d (video)
Friday 03/20
Wednesday 03/18
Lecture Notes:
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Section 2.1: 4,8,10,11,20,23
- Section 2.2: 2,5,6,20,24
- Section 2.3: 2,3a,c,11a (just find the general solution),12
- Section 2.4: 3,4,8,25,27
- Section 2.5: 8,19,20
- Section 2.6: 1,2,18,19,20
- Chapter 3
- Section 3.1: 1,6,15,16,19a
- Section 3.2: 1,4,7,14,20,23
- Section 3.3: 5,7,12,18a,b
- Section 3.4: 2,4,9,15a,b
- Section 3.5a 3.5b 3.5c: 5,9,12,25
- Section 3.6 3.6b: 8,11
- Section 3.7 3,4,5,6,13,20a (note: for all problems just find u(t))
- Section 3.84,5a, 6(just find the position function),11
- Chapter 6