Instructor: Xiaolong Li
Lectures: MWF 10:00 am to 10:50 am in DBH 1422
Office Hours: MW 1:00pm to 2:00 pm, or by appointment, Rowland Hall 510W
Email: xiaolol1@uci.edu
TA: Alex Mramor
Discussions: TuTh 10:00 am to 10:50 am in PSCB 230
Office Hours: W 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm & M 2 pm -3 pm, Rowland Hall 540W
Email: mramora@math.uci.edu
Textbook: The qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations — An introduction
by Fred Brauer and John A. Nohel
Material Covered: Chapters 1 to 4
Final Exam (40%)
Monday, December 10, 2018, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
(Room will be announced later.)
Midterms: (20% Each)
Midterm 1: Oct 24, Wednesday, in class, Covers up to section 2.4
Midterm 2: Nov 19, Monday, in class
Homework: (20%) Collected in every Tuesday's discussion section (except October 2 and November 27)
Homework 1: (Due Oct 9)
Section 1.1 Exercise 2, 3Section 1.2 Exercise 2Section 1.3 Exercise 5, 9, 11, 13, 17Section 1.4 Exercise 2, 5, 10, 11Section 1.5 Exercise 1Section 1.6 Exercise 10, 13, 16Homework 2: (Due Oct 16)
Section 1.7 Exercise 1. 2, 3, 4Section 2.1 Exercise 2, 3, 4, 6, 8Section 2.2 Exercise 1, 3, 4Homework 3: (Due Oct 23)
Homework 4: (Due Oct 30)
Section 2.5 Exercise 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11(a)(c), 12Homework 5: (Due Nov 6)
Section 2.5 Exercise 14, 15, 17Read Section 2.6 on Jordan Canonical FormSection 2.7 Exercise 2, 3, 5Homework 6: (Due Nov 13)
Section 2.8 Exercise 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 19Section 3.1 Exercise 2, 3, 7, 11, 12Homework 7: (Due Nov 20)
Section 3.2 Exercise 1, 3Section 3.3 Exercise 1, Section 3.4 Exercise 3, 7, 9, 10, 11Homework 8: (Due Dec 10)
Section 3.5 Exercise 1, 2Section 4.2 Exercise 2, 3, 4(a)(b)(c), 9(a)(b)(c)(d)Section 4.3 Exercise 3, 10, 15, 17Section 4.4 Exercise 2Section 4.5 Exercise 1, 2 3