AMATH 250 - Introduction to Differential Equations

Announcements/News

• The term marks (i.e. for homework and assignments) are posted on Prof. Campbell's office door.
• Assignment 10 as been marked. You can pick it up from the box outside Prof. Campbell's office.
• Old final exams: Fall 2005 Spring 2005
• Final Exam Information
• Page 84 is missing from many copies of the Course Notes. Copies will be distributed in class. You can also download it here.
• There is an error in the statement of Problem 19 on page 150 of the Course Notes. A corrected version is here.
• The midterm was given back in class on Monday, February 27.
• The assignment solutions are now available electronically through the DC library e-reserves.
• Marked assignments will be handed back in class. Unclaimed assignments will be put in a box outside Prof. Campbell's office (MC 5124).
  
• Note for students with disabilities
  
• Academic offenses
  

Prof. Campbell's Exam Period Office Hours (MC 5124)

Tuesday, April 18 1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 19 1-4 p.m.

Class Averages

• Assignment 1: 32.2/36
• Assignment 2: 43.5/52
• Assignment 3: 47.2/60
• Assignment 4: 39.7/53
• Assignment 5: 52.3/60
• Midterm: 40/60
• Assignment 6: 52.1/60
• Assignment 7: 47.9/60
• Assignment 8: 52.9/60
• Assignment 9: 44.1/50
• Assignment 10: 41.8/50

  Basic Course Information

  Instructor: S.A. Campbell, office: MC5124, phone: 888-4567 x5461 email: sacampbell@uwaterloo.ca

  Time: MWF 10:30-11:20 MC1056

  Prerequisites: Math 138, Math 128 or equivalent.

  Course Notes: Available at Pixel Planet, MC2018.

  Midterm Test: Friday, February 17, 4:30-6:30 p.m

  Assignments:

  Assignments will be weekly, due at noon on Wednesdays.

  Solutions to the assignments will be put on reserve in the Davis Centre Library under call number UWD 1159.
  

  Final Grade: 65% final exam + 25% midterm test + 10% assignments

  References: (On reserve in the library under the call numbers indicated)

  Differential Equations: A Modeling Approach, Borelli and Coleman (QA371.B74 2004)

  Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Boyce and DiPrima (QA372.B73 1992)

  Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling, Edwards and Penney (QA371.E28 2004)

  Differential Equations: a Systems Approach, Goldberg and Potter (QA372.G598)

  College Physics, Sears, Zemansky and Young (QC23.S369 1980)

  College Physics, Serway (QC21.2.S378 1985)

  Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Serway (QC23.S458 1990)

  Other Sources of Information

  Copies of transparencies used in class

  Related links. Links to sites illustrating some of the concepts discussed in class as well as sites with background material (especially Physics).

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