Math 33B: Differential Equations

General Information

Time and Place: MWF 11-11:50pm HUMANTS A51

Instructor: Henry Towsner

E-mail address: hpt at math.ucla.edu

Office:
Mathematical Sciences Building 5634
Office Phone: (310) 825-2697
Office Hours: W 1:30-3:30 R 10:30-11:30

Syllabus

Course Outline

Midterm 1 Solutions

Midterm 2 Solutions

Slides on systems of equations: part 1 and part 2

Course Text

Polking, Boggess, and Arnold, Differential Equations (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall

Homework

Homework 1, Due Monday January 11th
Section 2.1: 2, 8, 22, 24, 32
On any problem asking you to "draw", "sketch", or "plot", you may use any piece of software you like (or even do it by hand, if you prefer).
Homework 2, Due Friday January 15th
Section 2.2: 2, 16, 36
Section 2.4: 4, 14, 24, 38
Homework 3, Due Friday January 22nd
Section 2.5: 2, 4 (also, draw a direction field for the differential equation you find), 9
Section 2.6: 10, 15, 26, 30, 38, 48 (alternate hint: try the substitution u=ln(xy+1))
Also: y'=a(t)y+b(t) is a linear differential equation. Demonstrate that u(t)=e∫-a(t)dt is an integrating factor in the sense of Section 2.6—that is, that when we multiply by u(t), the result is exact.
Homework 4, Due Friday January 29th
Section 2.7: 8, 10, 28
Section 2.9: 12
Homework 5, Due Friday February 5th
Section 2.9: 8, 18
Section 4.1: 4, 14, 22, 26, 28
Also: Write down a first-order autonomous differential equation such that y=t is a solution.
Homework 6, Due Friday February 12th
Section 4.3: 2, 10, 18, 28
Section 4.4: 8, 18, 24
Section 4.5: 6, 20, 26, 48
Homework 7, Due Friday February 26th
Section 9.1: 2, 8, 19
Section 9.2: 4, 6, 18, 24, 32, 38, 58
Homework 8, Due Friday March 5th
Section 9.3: 10
Section 9.4: 4, 13, 14, 15, 16
Section 9.5: 24, 26, 54
Section 9.6: 6
Homework 9, Due Friday March 12th
Section 9.4: 26
Section 9.6: 8, 30, 32, 34, 46