Course Info

  • Instructor: Phanuel Mariano
    Email: marianop@union.edu
    Office: Bailey Hall 108A
    Office Hours:
    Monday: 10:40am-12:00 pm, 
    Tuesday: 9:05am-10:00 am
    Wednesday: 10:40am-12:00 pm
    Friday: 10:40am-12:00 pm,  
    or by appointment (especially if these times don't work for you)
  • Lecture Time and Location: O'Brien Center for Collaborative Engagement-117 (Section 1), Olin 306+ (Section 2)
    • M/W/F 09:20AM-10:25AM LEC
    • 08:00AM-08:50AM LEC
  • Office Hours Location: For now, it will be held in my office(Bailey-109A), or in the classroom next door Bailey-106 if there are more than 2 students, and on zoom(by appointment). 
  • Online Remote Students: You can either watch lectures live using our class zoom link, or you watch the recorded zoom lectures online after class. I will try to post them in the afternoon after every class. Please try to follow the schedule for the class that I have posted here. And please feel free to email me with any questions. You will be required to take Quizzes and Exams during class time. 

Important Information:

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  • Syllabus
    Exam 1: Monday, February 8, during class time (or via zoom if you're online)
    Exam 2: Monday, March 8, during class time (or via zoom if you're online)
    Final Exam: TBA


    Homeowork/Quiz Policy: There is an in-class Quiz Wednesday every week. They cover the material I went over from the previous week.  See the Course Schedule for the exact sections and HW problems from the book. The quiz problems will come directly from the Homework problems. So there should be no surprise.  The goal of the quizzes is to give you a quick check of understanding. This is why it's important that you really understand the homework problems and take them seriously. If you are struggling with the homework, please don't be shy and come see me during my office hours. I am here to help. If office hours don't work for you, then please contact me to set up a meeting (either in person or on zoom). I don't accept late work or allow make up quizzes/exams, but keep in mind that everybody will get at least 1 quiz dropped. So don't worry if you miss one since everyone has 1 freeby. Again, I can't stress enough the importance of coming to office hours if you have any questions about the course, I'm here to help.

Grades:

  • Quizzes: 20%
    Exam 1: 25%
    Exam 2: 25%
    Final Exam: 30% TBA

    A is 93-100, A- is 90-93, B+ is 87-90, B is 83-87, B-80-83, and so on...

Course Materials


Course Schedule

  • The following includes the schedule of lessons for the rest of the semester, subject to change. They correspond to sections and homework from the textbook. Please check regularly after class
    Click on the dates for the Video Link


    Week
    		 Date
    		 Lesson
    		 In Class Activities
    1
    		 1/11
    		 Syllabus Review
    Sec 1.1 - Intro
    1/12 Sec 1.1 - Intro
    Sec 1.2 - Slope Fields    		   
    1/13 Sec. 1.2 - Slope Fields
    Sec 2.1 - Integrating Factors
    1/15 Sec 2.1 - Integrating Factors
    Sec 2.2 - Separable
    2
    		 1/18 Sec 2.2 - Separable
    Sec 2.4 - Modeling/Mixing Problem 1

    1/19 Sec 2.4 - Modeling/Mixing Problem 2
    Sec 2.6 - Existence  and Uniqueness
    1/20 Sec 2.6 - Existence  and Uniqueness
    Sec 2.7 - Autonomous Equations
    		 Quiz 1 on
    Secs 1.1-2.1
    1/22 Sec 2.7 - Autonomous Equations
    Sec 2.8 Exact Equations
    3
    		 1/25 Sec 2.8 Exact Equations
    Sec 2.9 - Euler's Method
    1/26 Sec 2.9 - Euler's Method
    1/27 Sec 3.2 - 2nd Order Equations Quiz 2
    1/29 Sec 3.2 - 2nd Order Equations
    Sec 3.3 - Solutions to Linear Equations/Wronskian
    4
    		 2/1 Sec 3.3 - Solutions to Linear Equations/Wronskian
    Sec 3.4 - Complex roots

    2/2 Sec 3.4 - Complex roots
    2/3 Sec 3.5 - Repeated Roots Quiz 3
    2/5 Sec 3.6 -non-homogeneous Equations
    5
    		 2/8
    		Exam 1 in class
    2/9 Sec 3.6 -non-homogeneous Equations
    2/10 Sec 3.6 -non-homogeneous Equations
    Sec 3.7/3.8 -spring-mass systems
    2/12 Sec 3.7/3.8 -spring-mass systems
    Sec 4.1 - Linear Equations
    6
    		 2/15 Sec 4.1/4.2 - Linear Equations

    2/16 Sec. 5.1 - Systems
    2/17 Sec. 5.2 - Phase Portraits/Direction Fields Quiz 4 
    2/19 Sec. 5.3 - Linearity principle
    7
    		 2/22 Sec. 5.4 - Straight line solutions
    Sec. 5.5 - Phase Portraits of system of real
    2/23 Sec. 5.5 - Phase Portraits of system of real
    Sec. 5.6 - Complex Eigenvalues
    		  
    2/24 Sec. 5.6 - Complex Eigenvalues
    		 Quiz 5
    2/26 Sec. 5.7 - Repeated and Zero Eigenvalues
    8
    		 3/1 catch-up

    3/2 Sec. 6.1 - Laplace
    3/3 Sec. 6.2 - Solutions to IVPs
    		 Quiz 6
    3/5 Sec. 6.3 - Solutions to Higher Order IVPs
    9
    		 3/8
    		Exam 2 in class
    3/9
    Sec. 6.3 - Solutions to Higher Order IVPs
    3/10 Sec. 6.4 - Step functions
    3/12 Sec. 6.5 - ODEs with discontinuous
    10
    		 3/15 Sec 7.1

    3/16 Sec 7.2
    3/17 Sec 7.2
    		 Quiz 7 Due
    3/19
    		No Class
    11
    		 3/22
    		Final Exam Week and Spring Break
    3/23

    3/24

    3/26