Syllabus* for Math 254-Fall 2023
(*weekly contents may vary according to the progress of the lectures)
WEEK |
DATES |
TOPICS |
1 |
2-8 October 2023 |
Introduction, Separable Equations |
2 |
9-15 October 2023 |
Homogeneous Equations, Linear Eqns. |
3 |
16-22 October 2023 |
Bernoulli Eqns., Exact Eqns. |
4 |
23-29 October 2023 |
Integrating Factors, Eqns. of the form y'=G(ax+by) |
5 |
30 October-5 November 2023 |
Equations with linear coefficients, Riccati Eqns., |
6 |
6-12 November 2023 |
Homogeneous Liner Eqns, Reduction of Order, |
7 |
13-19 November 2023 |
The method of undetermined coefficients, |
8 |
20-26 November 2023 |
The method of variation of parameters, Cauchy-Euler Eqns. |
9 |
27 November-3 December 2023 |
Laplace Transforms, Inverse Laplace Transforms, Solving Initial Value Problems |
10 |
4-10 December 2023 |
Unit Step Function, Convolution, |
11 |
11-17 December 2023 |
Power Series Method (around ordinary point) |
12 |
18-24 December 2023 |
Power series method (continued), |
13 |
25-31 December 2023 |
Fourier Series, Fourier Cosine-Sine series |
14 |
1-7 January 2024 |
January 1, 2024-Monday: New Year’s Day (No class) The Heat Equation |