189-325A: Differential Equations

Course Description

• INSTRUCTOR: Professor J. Labute (BH 1112)
  Office Hours: T,Th 10:00-11:00, 14:00-15:00
  Tel: 398-3819
  E-mail: labute@math.mcgill.ca
  Web Page: www.math.mcgill.ca/labute.
• TEXT:Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (3rd ed.) by Nagle, Saff and Snider.
• SYLLABUS: First and second order equations, linear equations, introduction to systems of differential equations, applications, series solutions, elementary numerical methods, Laplace Transforms. Text: Chapters 1-8
• ASSIGNMENTS: There will be weekly assignments.
• CLASS TESTS: There will be two class tests which will be held at the end of September and at the end of October.
• FINAL EXAM: There will be a three hour final exam; no calculators will be allowed.
• GRADING: If A = assignment mark, B = test 1 mark, C = test 2 mark, E = exam mark and F = final mark (all out of 100), then F is the larger of E and .2A+ .1B +.1C + .6E.