Instructor: Jingrun Chen
CLAS tutor:
Morning Class: Vince Zaccone, Vince.Zaccone@sa.ucsb.edu
Schedule: Information of classrooms is not available to me. You need check it by yourself after log-in.
| Day | Time |
| MW | 9:00-10:00 |
| MW | 14:00-15:00 |
| TR | 14:00-15:00 |
Afternoon Class: Ari Nachison, ari_nachison@hotmail.com
Schedule:
| Day | Time |
| MW | 11:00-12:00 |
| MW | 13:00-14:00 |
Students can sign up online at clas.ucsb.edu or in person on the 3rd floor of the SRB building.
Extra examples and any topics the students have trouble with will be discussed.
TA Information:
Morning Class: Cynthia Flores, cvf32493@math.ucsb.edu, John Mangual, mangual@math.ucsb.edu
Schedule:
| EnrlCd | TA | Day | Time | Classroom | 27300 | Flores | T | 8:00-8:50 | NH1109 | 27318 | Flores | T | 17:00-17:50 | HSSB1207 | 27326 | Mangual | R | 17:00-17:50 | HSSB1227 | 27334 | Flores | T | 18:00-18:50 | HSSB1211 | 27342 | Flores | T | 19:00-19:50 | NH1109 | 27359 | Mangual | R | 18:00-18:50 | HSSB1227 | 27367 | Mangual | R | 19:00-19:50 | HSSB1211 |
Afternoon Class: Ricardo Delgadillo, rdelgadi@math.ucsb.edu, Shahab Karimi, shahab@math.ucsb.edu
Schedule:
| EnrlCd | TA | Day | Time | Classroom |
| 68908 | Delgadillo | T | 19:00-19:50 | 940 1010 |
| 68916 | Delgadillo | R | 17:00-17:50 | 940 1010 |
| 68924 | Delgadillo | R | 18:00-18:50 | 940 1010 |
| 68932 | Karimi | T | 12:00-12:50 | 940 1010 |
| 68940 | Karimi | T | 16:00-16:50 | 940 1010 |
| 68957 | Karimi | T | 17:00-17:50 | 940 1010 |
| 68965 | Karimi | T | 18:00-18:50 | 940 1010 |
Textbook: Differential Equations & Linear Algebra, by Farlow, Hall, McDill and West, Chs. 1-3.
Homework: Homework of the current week must be submitted no latter than 11:59pm NEXT FRIDAY through WebWork.
The inital username and password is your perm number
Exams: There will be a midterm in class, on May 2 (tentative). The final is 8:00-11:00 & 12:00-15:00, June 10. You must bring your student ID to the exams.
Grading policy:
| Homework | 40% |
| Midterm | 25% |
| Final | 35% |
Syllabus: During this course we will try to follow the following schedule (tentative).
Week 1:
Matrices: Sums and Products, Chap 3.1, Note.
Systems of Linear Equations, Chap 3.2, Note.
Week 2:
The Inverse of a Matrix, Chap 3.3, Note.
Determinants and Cramer's Rule, Chap 3.4, Note.
Week 3:
Vector Spaces and Subspaces, Chap 3.5, Note.
Basis and Dimension, Chap 3.6, Note.
Week 4:
Dynamical Systems: Modeling, Chap 1.1, Note.
Solutions and Directions Fields: Qualitative Analysis, Chap 1.2, Note.
Week 5:
Separation of Variables, Chap 1.3, Note.
Approximation Methods: Numerical Analysis, Chap 1.4, Note.
Week 6:
Midterm Exam, Practice Test, Answer by Cynthia V. Flores.
Pick up your exams in my office during office hours. I will answer your questions.
Picard's Theorem, Chap 1.5, Note.
Linear Equations: The Nature of Their Solutions, Chap 2.1, Note.
Week 7:
Linear Equations: The Nature of Their Solutions (cont.), Chap 2.1.
Solving the First-Order Linear Differential Equation, Chap 2.2, Note.
Week 8:
Growth and Decay Phenomena, Chap 2.3, Note.
Linear Models: Mixing and Cooling, Chap 2.4, Note.
Nonlinear Models: Logistic Equation, Chap 2.5, Note.
Week 9:
Nonlinear Models: Logistic Equation (cont.), Chap 2.5.
Systems of Differential Equations: A First Look, Chap 2.6, Note.
Review: Chap 3.
Week 10:
Review: Chap 3 (cont.).
Review: Chap 1 & 2.
Review: Answer.