Math 420

Spring 2016

• Syllabus.
• Handout on Writing by Jack Lee.
• Resources if you want to learn TeX.
• Reading 1 (due 4/3): Chapter 2.
• Homework 1 (due 4/6):
  • Chapter 1: #1, 3, 7, 11, 12.
  • Solutions: pdf, tex. [Sign error in my solution to #7.]
• Reading 2 (due 4/10): Chapter 3, 4.1, 4.2.
• Homework 2 (due 4/13):
  • Chapter 2: #2, 3, 6, 7, 12.
  • Solutions: pdf, tex.
• Reading 3 (due 4/17): Sections 5.5, 5.6, 6.1, 6.3.
• Homework 3 (due 4/20):
  • Chapter 3: #2, 7, 9, 11, 16.
  • Solutions: pdf, tex.
• MIT Mathlet for exploring the trace-determinant plane.
• No reading for 4/24.
• Homework 4 (due 4/27):
  • Chapter 4: #2, 6.
  • Chapter 5: #2 (choose three parts), 3.
  • And this problem: pdf, tex.
  • Solutions: pdf, tex.
• Midterm, solutions, tex.
• Reading 4 (due 5/1): Sections 6.2, 6.4, 6.5.
• Homework 5 (due 5/4):
  • Chapter 5: #13, 14.
  • Chapter 6: #1 (choose two parts; also sketch the phase portraits), 2, 12 (choose two parts), 13.
  • Solutions: pdf, tex.
• Reading 5 (due 5/8): Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2.
• Homework 6 (due 5/11):
  • Do the numerical projects in sections 7.5 and 7.6. If this is too much to do in one week you can request an extension for as long as you need.
  • Solutions: pdf, tex, xls, cpp
• No reading for 5/15.
• Homework 7 (due 5/18):
  • Continue working on the numerical projects from last week.
  • Chapter 8: #1, 2.
  • Solutions: pdf, tex.
• Reading 5 (due 5/22): Sections 17.1, 17.2.
• Homework for 5/25: finish numerical projects from two weeks ago.
• Final exam, solutions, tex.