Engineering Differential Equations MATH.2360-202
Fall 2017
Phase plane for for the van der Pol osillator, created with John Polking's pplane8.m MATLAB script
Announcements
The final exam is scheduled for 6:30 - 8:30PM on Wednesday, December 20, in Ball Hall room 214. Note the change in room.
The exam will cover the material in the following sections of the textbook: 1.1 - 1.6, 2.1 - 2.3, 3.1 - 3.7, 4.1, and 7.1 - 7.3.
There will be 6 questions on the final exam: 3 on first-order de's (including applications), 2 on higher-order de's and systems of de's (including applications), and 1 on Laplace transforms.
You may bring one 8.5x11 inch formula sheet (both sides). I will supply the integral and Laplace transform tables that appear in the textbook.
Cell phone use is not permitted during the exam. Only basic scientific calculators are allowed; no graphing or programmable calculators are allowed.
Here are the review sheet and the solutions to the sample problems on the review sheet.
Here are links to some old final exams
Office Hours during Final Exam period:
Thursday, Dec. 14 2:00 - 3:00
Friday, Dec. 15 11:00 - 12:00 in Southwick 321 (Tutoring Center)
Monday, Dec. 18 12:00 - 1:00
Tuesday, Dec. 19 10:00 - 12:00
Wednesday, Dec. 20 2:00 - 3:00
Course Materials
Syllabus
Schedule, Including Homework Assignments
Class handouts etc.
Resources
[Steve Pennell's home page]
[UMass Lowell Math Department]
[UMass Lowell Honors College]
[UMass Lowell]
Steve Pennell | (978) 934-2710 | stephen_pennell@uml.edu
Last Updated: December 11, 2017