Get the FINAL here.
Many of your problem sets will involve using MATLAB to obtain simple numerical
solutions. Caltech has a nice site license so you can download it for free.
Click here to learn how to get MATLAB
running on your computer.
Schedule of classes
| Sept 29 | Lecture 1 | Oct 1 | Lecture 2 |
| Oct 6 | Problem lab 1 | Oct 8 | Lecture 3 (PS #1 due) |
| Oct 13 | Lecture 4 | Oct 15 | Problem lab 2 |
| Oct 20 | [no class] (PS #2 due) | Oct 22 | [no class] |
| Oct 27 | Lecture 5 | Oct 29 | [no class] |
| Oct 3 | Lecture 6 | Oct 5 | Problem lab 3 |
| Oct 10 | Lecture 7 (PS #3 due) | Oct 12 | Lecture 8 |
| Oct 17 | Problem lab 4 | Oct 19 | Lecture 9 |
| Oct 17 | TBD | Thanksgiving | TBD |
| Dec 1 | TBD | Dec 3 | TBD |
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 5 Oscillations
Lecture 6 Forced oscillations
Lecture 7 Coupled oscillations
Lecture 8 Waves
Lecture 9 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. Download f.m
Problem set 5
Problem set 6. Fun with
springs.m
Problem set 7. Surf for waves.m here
Problem set 8.