Professor: Thomas Cecil
email: tcecil 'at' math.utexas.edu
Office: RLM 10.132, office hours: Wednesday 9:50-11:50, and by appointment.
TA: Salman Butt,
email: sbutt 'at' math.utexas.edu,
Office: RLM 11.114, office hours: Monday 10:30-11:30, Wednesday
10:30-12:30, Friday 3-5.
Class Lectures:
MWF, 9 - 10 AM, in RLM 4.102.
Discussion Sections:
TTH 3:30-4:30 RLM 4.102.
Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value
Problems, 8th Edition by Boyce and DiPrima.
The following Schedule describes the approximate
topics and time when they will be covered in the class:
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/text/syllabi/syllabi33.html
We may deviate from this schedule though.
Midterm 2 will cover sections: 3.5-3.7,
5.1-5.6, 6.1-6.6.
Office hours will be on Monday April 3, from 10-12 instead of Wed. April 5.
Final: Exam Date and Time: FRIDAY, MAY 12, 9 AM-12 Noon, Exam Room: GEO 2.216
Final will cover all sections from
Midterms 1 & 2 and sections: 7.1-7.8, 8.1-8.3, 10.1-10.5, 10.7, 10.8
About half the material on the test will be from before Midterm 2 and half from
after.
Some suggested problems from 10.5,10.7,10.8 are listed on the HW page.
Grading:
1 Midterm on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006 in class worth 22.5% .
1 Midterm on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 in class worth 22.5% .
1 Final on Friday, May 12, 2006 worth 35%.
Weekly homework worth 20%.
Homework problems, due dates and sections that will
be covered in the tests will be posted on this website.
Late homework is accepted but its value will be reduced by half for every
additional week it is late.
Make up exams are not allowed except for religious holidays when proper 2 week notification is given to the instructor.