MA 30300— Spring 2026

Instructor: Dr. Kuan-Hua Chen | Office: MATH 848 | Office Hours: M-F 9:30-10:30 AM

Week 1 (1/12–1/16)

Lecture 1: Introduction and 5.2 The Eigenvalue Method for Homogeneous Systems

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

8:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

Lecture 2: 5.2 (continued), 5.5 Multiple Eigenvalue Solutions

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Lecture 3: 5.5 (continued)

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Week 2 (1/20–1/23)

Lecture 4: 5.3 Solution Curves/Phase Portraits of Linear Homogeneous Systems

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

8:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

Accessible Notes (experimental)

Lecture 5: 6.1 Stability and the Phase Plane

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

8:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

Week 3 (1/26–1/30)

Lecture 6: 6.2 Linear and Almost Linear Systems

Both classes—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

Lecture 7: 6.2 (continued)

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Lecture 8: 6.3 Ecological Models

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Week 4 (2/2–2/6)

Lecture 9: 6.3 (Continued)

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Lecture 10: 7.1 Laplace Transform

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Lecture 11: 7.2 Laplace Transform of Initial-Value Problems

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Week 5 (2/9–2/1️⃣3️⃣😱)

Lecture 12: 7.2 (continued), 7.3 Translation of Laplace Transform

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Lecture 13: 7.4 Derivative, Integral, and Multiplication of Laplace Transform

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Lecture 14: 7.4 (continued), 7.5 Step Functions

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

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Week 6 (2/16–2/20)

Lecture 15: 7.5 (continued), 7.6 Impulse Functions

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

8:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible)

Lecture 16: 7.6 (continued), 2.4 Euler's Method

7:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible), Notes (accessible version 2)

8:30 class—Video | Notes (handwritten) | Notes (accessible), Notes (accessible version 2)