Revision as of 04:34, 29 March 2016

Course Information

MATH235: Classical techniques for first and higher order equations and systems of equations. Laplace transforms. Phase plane and stability analysis of non-linear equations and systems. Applications to physics, mechanics, electrical engineering, and environmental sciences.

Instructor Information

Instructor : Scott Strong

Office : Stratton Hall 205

Office Phone : 303.384.2446

email : sstrong@mines.edu

Office Hours: MWF @ 12:00pm in SH205

Syllabi

• MATH235S16 Syllabus: Contents include, course policies, important dates, learning objectives, office hours, course content management, grade breakdown

Course Content

The narrative of the course will be managed through lecture and the blog, scottastrong.com. On this site you will not only find posts about course content but also the following:

• Course Text: Through the school's SpringerLink have access to the following text, David Logan, A First Course in Differential Equations. I have started annotating this book to include my thoughts, extra derivations if needed and suggested problems from the associated sections. Here is the link to the library holding, those on campus should be able to go straight to the pdf, while those off campus will have to VPN in. Here you will find my annotations to the text. To Do: Break the books into chapters and post the chapters for ease of use.

• Course Onenote: I have a tablet and use MS Onenote. I'm hoping to use it to organize some elements of the course, e.g. notes with gaps, heavy textual or graphic information w/ minimal narrative. You can find the public access point here.

External materials

• Method of Undetermined Coefficients - 1st Order: Two examples
• Method of Undetermined Coefficients - 1st Order: Three examples
• Method of Undetermined Coefficients - 1st Order: Three examples

Chronological list of hyperlinks

• MATH235-Initial Poll(1/16/2016): Contents include, public/private ID, learning preference assessment, calc3 experience.
• MATH235-TrigFunctions (1/18/16): Contents include a list of questions that builds up the definition of hyperbolic trig functions
• MATH235-Submission(TrigFunctions): Due 1/21/16 by 11:59pm
• Group work #0
• Group work #0 jotform submission
• Jotform submission site for Linear Population Models
• Blogpost about nonlinear population models
• Jotform submission site for Nonlinear Population Models
• Blogpost about First Order Problems
• Jotform submission site for First Order Solution Techniques
• Blogpost about Strogatz Reading
• Jotform submission site for Strogatz Reading
• Blogpost about Bifurcations
• Jotform submission site for Bifurcations
• Blogpost about Bead on a rotating hoop
• Jotform submission site Bead on a rotating hoop (group submission)
• Jotform submission site Bead on a rotating hoop (individual submission)