MA 266 Ordinary Differential Equations

Course Description [Student Comments]

• Credit Hours: 3.00. First order equations, second and n'th order linear equations, series solutions, solution by Laplace transform, systems of linear equations. It is preferable but not required to take MA 265 either first or concurrently. Not open to students with credit in MA 262, 272, 360, 361, or 366. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Course Information

• Ground Rules

• Assignment Sheet

• Supplementary Problems

Computer Project

• Project 1

• Project 2

• Project 3

Matlab Tutorials

• ode45

• dfield7 (direction fields)

• pplane7 (phase portraits)

• numerical methods

• Other Matlab programs

PPTs for some lectures

• Lesson 4 Modeling with First Order Differential Equations

• Lesson 9 Euler's Method

• Lesson 16 Spring-Mass System

• Lesson 17 Forced Vibration

Exams

• Exam 1 Solution

• Exam 2 Solution

• Practice Final Exam 1

• Practice Final Exam 2