Schedule of classes
| Sept 26 | Lecture 1 | Sept 28 | Lecture 2 |
| Oct 4 | Problem lab 1 | Oct 6 | Lecture 3 (PS #1 due) |
| Oct 11 | Lecture 4 | Oct 13 | Problem lab 2 |
| Oct 18 | Lecture 5 (PS #2 due) | Oct 20 | Lecture 6 |
| Oct 25 | Problem lab 3 | Oct 27 | Lecture 7 (PS #3 due) |
| Nov 1 | (no lecture) | Nov 3 | (no lecture; midterm due) |
| Nov 8 | (no lecture) | Nov 10 | Lecture 11 |
| Nov 15 | Lecture 12 | Nov 17 | Lecture 12 (cont) |
| Nov 22 | Lecture 13 (PS #4 due) | Thanksgiving | (eat turkey) |
| Nov 29 | Lecture 14 | Dec 1 | Lecture 15 |
Lecture 1 1st order differential
equations
Lecture 2 Applications of 1st order
DEs. Look here for the MATLAB program
to numerically
solve the foxes and the rabbits problem.
Lecture 3 Heat flow.
Lecture 4 Applications of diffusion.
Lecture 11 Oscillations
Other useful lecture notes:
Advection/diffusion
Initial value problems/fourier series
Lecture 12 Forced oscillations
Lecture 13 Coupled oscillations
Lecture 14 Waves
Lecture 15 Wave propagation
Problem sets are due at at the begining of class T or Ths
Problem set 1. Download numeric.m (MATLAB)
Problem set 2. Download diffuse.m (MATLAB) and
diffuse2D.m (MATLAB)
Problem set 3.
Problem set 4. Fun with
springs.m
Problem set 5, for entertainment.
Surf for waves.m here
(Some of the solution to PS5 is here)