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Fall 2017
Math 0290: Differential Equations
Welcome to the class!
Instructor: Evgeni (Eugene) Trofimov
Office: 619 Thackeray Hall
E-mail: evt3 at pitt dot edu
Time and Location: MWF 2:00-2:50 pm, 704 Thackeray Hall
Textbook: Polking, Boggess and Arnold,
Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems, Second edition, Pearson Prentice-Hall.
Office Hours: TBA
Main sources:
o Syllabus, Schedule and Practice Problems
o Math Assistance Center
o MATLAB:
o Files for homework: eul.m,
rk2.m,
rk4.m,
sample_eul.m,
sample_rk2.m,
sample_rk4.m,
yprime.m,
rk2_steps.m,
dirfield.m
o MatLab web site
o MatLab basics
o You can use Java applets DField and PPlane to draw direction fields and phase portraits. Go to the link and download dfield.jar and pplane.jar
Useful links:
o Source of old exams from my previous classes
o Phase Portraits and Time Plots
o
The Expert A Hilarious Sketch About the Pain of Being the Only Engineer in a Business Meeting
Notes
Exams
o For review use my exams from previous classes as samples.
Homework assignments
Homework assignments will be given weekly.
Show all necessary work while solving problems, use good handwriting and do all problems in the given order. Clarity, tidiness,
completeness, and correctness of proofs and solutions are necessary to obtain a full credit. In particular, untidy presentation of a correct
solution can drop the credit significantly. Write your name and an assignment number on the top of the first page, staple all the pages together.
IMPORTANT! It is assumed by default that you read at least twice and carefully the corresponding section with all the
examples in the textbook before you start doing your homework assignment or practice problems.
No late homework will be accepted under any circumstances! I will drop one homework with the lowest score.
Neither a homework nor a part of it can be submitted by email or any other way except a hard paper copy.
The first three home work assignments that contain Matlab portion
Assignment 1,
Assignment 2,
Assignment 3
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