Approximate Schedule and Homework Assignments (subject to change)


The schedule below is only approximate and will be adjusted regularly according to the actual pace of the lectures. Homework assignments will be listed here as we progress through the material. You should check this page often (and click the refresh button of your web browser while holding "shift")  to make sure you're up to date with the assignments.


Date Section Assignment
W 1/23 1.1 -1.2 Section 1.1: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 22, 25. Section 1.2: Problems 2, 10, 13, 24, 25.
F 1/25 1.3 -1.4
Section 1.3: Problems 2, 21. Section 1.4: Problems 1, 3, 12, 27.
Link to DFIELD
M 1/28 1.4-1.5
Section 1.4 (continued) : Problems 31, 33, 38, 40, 49, 54.
Tu 1/29 Quiz 1
Material to be covered: Sections 1.1-1.4
W 1/30 1.5
Section 1.5: Problems 3, 5, 7, 17, 32, 37.
F 2/1 2.1
Section 2.1: Problems 1, 3, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16
M 2/4 2.1-2.3
Section 2.1: Problem 27 (MOVED FROM 2/1/13). Section 2.2: Problems 1, 3, 5, 21, 23. (Read about Bifurcation in the Text)
Tu 2/5 Quiz 2
Material to be covered: Sections 1.5, 2.1, 2.2
W 2/6 2.3
Section 2.3: Problems 1, 7, 10, 11.
F 2/8 2.3-2.4
Section 2.3: Problems 20, 21, 25, 26. Section 2.4: Problems 1, 3, 6, 9, 10.
M 2/11 3.1-3.2
Section 3.1: Problems 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23, 25, 29.
Tu 2/12 Quiz 3
Material to be covered: Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
W 2/13 3.2-3.3
Section 3.2: Problems 6, 9, 11, 21, 25. Section 3.3: Problems 1, 3, 4, 7.
F 2/15 3.3-3.4
Section 3.3: Problems 15, 19, 32, 34. Section 3.4: Problems 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 19, 23, 25, 26.
M 2/18 3.4-3.5
Section 3.4: Problems 27, 29. Section 3.5: Problems 2, 5, 10, 13, 23, 32, 34, 36, 37.
Tu 2/19 Quiz 4
Material to be covered: Sections 3.1-3.4
W 2/20 Prepare for MT 1

Th  2/21
Midterm 1 Material to be covered: Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1 - 3.4
F 2/22 3.5-3.6
Section 3.5: See above. Section 3.6: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17, 21, 22
M 2/25 3.6 (continued)
Section 3.6: Problems 31, 35, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46
Tu 2/26 Quiz 5
Material to be covered: Sections 3.5, 3.6 (through problem 22)
W 2/27 3.6 (continued)
See above problems for Section 3.6
F 3/1 4.2
Section 4.2: Problems 1-14, 16, 17, 24, 25
M 3/4 4.3
Section 4.3: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 29, 31
Tu 3/5 Quiz 6
Material to be covered: Sections 3.6, 4.2
W 3/6 4.4-4.5
Section 4.4: Problems 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19. Section 4.5: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4
F 3/8 4.2-4.4 (Review)
Section 4.2: Problems 15, 18, 27, 29. Section 4.3: Problems 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 31.
Section 4.4: Problems 3, 4, 18, 21, 23.
M 3/11 4.5
Section 4.5: Problems 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19.
Tu 3/12 Quiz 7
Material to be covered: Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
W 3/13 4.7
Section 4.7: Problems 1-12, 13, 14, 15, 17. Section 3.6: Problem 61.
F 3/15 5.1-5.3 (Summary)
Secton 5.1: Problems 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 24, 25, 26. Section 5.3: Problems 1, 3, 8, 9
3/16-3/24
Spring Break

M 3/25 5.1 (continued), 5.3
Section 5.1: Problems 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38. Section 5.3: Problems 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Tu 3/26 Quiz 8
Material to be covered: Sections 4.5. 4.7, 5.1, 5.3
W 3/27 Prepare for MT 2
Practice Midterm is available here (as of March 21st)
Th 3/28
Midterm 2 Material to be covered: Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 5.1, 5.3
F 3/29 5.4
Section 5.4: Problems 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
M 4/1 5.2, 5.6 (intro)
Section 5.2: Problems 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. Section 5.6: Problems 1, 2, 4
Tu 4/2 Quiz 9
Material to be covered: Sections 5.4, 5.6
W 4/3
5.5, 5.6 (continued)
Section 5.5: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 17. Section 5.6: Problems 3, 5, 6
F 4/5 5.5 (continued)
Section 5.5: Problems 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 43, 47, 49, 51
M 4/8
6.1
Section 6.1: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 33, 34, 35, 36
Tu 4/9 Quiz 10
Material to be covered: Sections 5.2, 5.5, 5.6
W 4/10
6.1 (continued)
Section 5.5: 48, 55 (Variation of parameters). Section 6.1: 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, 42 (a)
F  4/12
6.2
Section 6.1: 13, 15, 18, 19, 20 (moved from 4/10). Section 6.2: 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 30, 37, 38
M 4/15
6.3
Section 6.2: 31, 32, 34, 39. Section 6.3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 25, 28
Tu 4/16 Quiz 11
Material to be covered: Sections 5.5 (Variation of Parameters), 6.1, 6.2
W 4/17
6.2-6.3 (continued)
Section 6.3: 36, 37, 38, and above HW from 6.2 & 6.3 if not already done.
F 4/19
7.1
Section 7.1: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22.
M 4/22
7.2
Section 7.2: 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 26, 28
Tu 4/23 Quiz 12
Material to be covered: Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 (excluding transition matrices/predator-prey models)
W 4/24
7.3
Section 7.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
F 4/26
7.3
Section 7.3: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
M 4/29
7.4
Section 7.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Tu 4/30 Quiz 13
Material to be covered: Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (Section 7.1 postponed from 4/23 due to weather)
W 5/1
Prepare for MT 3
Practice Midterm is available here (as of April 25th)
NOTE: On April 29th at 10:30pm, typos in problems 3 and 4 were fixed.
Th 5/2
Midterm 3 Material to be covered: Sections 5.2. 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 (excluding predator-prey models), 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
F 5/3
7.4-7.5
Section 7.5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (no graphing)
M 5/6
7.5
Section 7.5: 7, 8, 11, 15 (no graphing)
W 5/8
Prepare for the Final (I will be going over Problems 1-12 on Fall 2006 final available here)
Suggested Review Problems:
Section 1.4 # 11, 16, 37; 1.5 # 21, 36;
Section 3.1 # 15, 17; 3.2 # 7, 9; 3.3 # 5, 9; 3.5 # 11; 3.6 # 9, 15, 47, 53
Section 4.2 # 3, 11; 4.3 # 11, 21; 4.4 # 21, 27; 4.5 # 9;
Section 5.2 # 5, 11, 30; 5.4 # 17, 19; 5.5 # 9, 13, 47;
See Previous Homework for Chapters 6, 7

SPECIAL OFFICE HOURS: Thursday 2:30-4:30 pm
F 5/10
Prepare for the Final
M 5/13 FINAL EXAM 1:30 - 4:30 pm in Anderson Hall 270 (Kevin Dilks' and Xu Wang's Sections) and Anderson Hall 230 (Ning Wei's Section)

Make sure to bring a # 2 pencil (for multiple choice) and your University I.D.
Comprehensive (Excludes Sections 6.3 and 7.4).