MTH 165 "Linear Algebra with Differential Equations"

Course Number
Time
Location
Instructor
Office Hours
E-mail
58732 MW 2:00-3:15pm Hutchison 140 Nicholas Rogers WThF 1:00-2:00pm, Hylan 805 rogers@math.rochester.edu
58749 MWF 10:00-10:50am Morey 321 Dan-Andrei Geba MW 11:00-12:00pm, Hylan 806 dangeba@math.rochester.edu

Syllabus: First order differential equations. Matrices and systems of linear equations. Determinants. Vector spaces. Second order differential equations. Linear transformations. Systems of differential equations.

Prerequisites: MTH 143, MTH 162, or MTH 172.

Textbook: Stephen Goode and Scott Annin, Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (3rd Edition), Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.

Grading: WEBWORK 30%, MIDTERM 1 20%, MIDTERM 2 20%, FINAL 30%.

Incomplete grades:

Incomplete "I" grades are almost never given. The only justification is a documented serious medical problem or genuine personal/family emergency. Falling behind in this course or problems with workload on other courses are not acceptable reasons.

Exams:

MIDTERM 1 is on 2/21, while MIDTERM 2 is on 4/3. Both exams are 8:00-9:15am tests and both are in Hoyt Hall.

Sample: Spring 2007 Midterm

The FINAL EXAM is on 5/5, 12:30-3:30pm in Hutchison Hall, Room 141 (Hubbell Auditorium).

Sample: Spring 2007 Final

There will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS. If you miss an exam you will receive a score of 0.

NO CALCULATORS NOR FORMULA CARDS/SHEETS ARE ALLOWED DURING THE EXAMS.

To do well on exams you will need to know how to solve many different types of problems. Webwork needs to be combined with the practice problems assigned each week in order for you to be well prepared for the tests.

Webwork:

Webwork assignments are due Monday morning at 6:00am, one week after they were assigned. There will be 13 Webwork sets from which the best 10 will count towards your grade. Set 0 will not count. It is meant to familiarize you with Webwork. There will be no Webworks accepted past their deadline.

Recitations:

Registration and attendance mandatory. Attendance will be taken. The first recitations will be held in the week of January 21st. You cannot sign up for them until Friday, January 18th, in the afternoon. However, you can sign up all weekend long. These sign-up sheets will be posted on the 1st floor of the Hylan Building, around noon on Friday, on the walls near the elevators/closet doors. Apart from the recitations, I also encourage you to take full advantage of the office hours of your instructor and of the Math Study Hall (Hylan 1103, TuTh 10-6pm). It might be helpful also to form study groups.

Time
Location
TA
T 12:55-1:45pm Hylan 618 Palsu
W 12:00-12:50pm Hylan 101 Lalone
W 12:00-12:50pm Hylan 1104 Palsu
W 1:00-1:50pm Hylan 1106B (New room!) Palsu
W 4:50-5:40pm Hylan 101 Ruhle
W 4:50-5:40pm Hylan 105 Sookdeo
Th 9:40-10:30am Hylan 618 Dreibelbis
Th 12:55-1:45pm Hylan 202 Sookdeo
Th 3:25-4:15pm Hylan 201 Sookdeo
Th 3:50-4:40pm Hutchison 138 Dreibelbis
Th 6:15-7:05pm Hylan 206 Dreibelbis
F 11:00-11:50am Lattimore 413 Seow
F 2:00-2:50pm Hylan 102 Ruhle

Weekly schedule:


Week of Topic Webwork Practice Problems (to be discussed in Recitations the following week)
1/16 1.1-1.2 Set0 (Orientation tutorial for Webwork) 1.1: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11;
1.2: 3, 5, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25, 37.
1/23 1.3-1.4 Set1 1.3: 11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25;
1.4: 1-15 odd, 17, 23.
1/28 1.6-1.7, 2.1 Set2 1.6: 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 25;
1.7: 1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 17;
2.1: 1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 27.
2/4 2.2-2.4 Set3 2.2: 1, 3, 7, 13, 15, 19, 27;
2.3: 3, 7, 9, 13, 17;
2.4: 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 25.
2/11 2.5-2.8 Set4 2.5: 1-13 odd, 17, 21, 23;
2.6: 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 23;
2.7: 3, 5, 7, 11.
2/18 3.1-3.3, MIDTERM 1 2/21, 8 - 9:15AM Set5 3.1: 9-21 odd;
3.2: 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 37, 39;
3.3: 15, 17, 19, 25, 27, 31, 39.
2/25 3.3, 4.1-4.3 Set6 4.1: 1, 3, 5, 7;
4.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15;
4.3: 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21.
3/3 4.4-4.6 Set7 4.4: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 23;
4.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25, 31;
4.6: 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 21, 27.
3/17 4.6, 4.8-4.10, 5.1 Set8 4.8: 1-11 odd;
4.9: 1, 3, 9-17 odd;
5.1: 1, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 25, 27.
3/24 5.2-5.5 Set9 5.2: 1, 3;
5.3: 1, 3, 5, 12, 14, 15;
5.4: 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 15, 25;
5.5: 1, 5a, 7a, 8a, 9, 12, 15.
3/31 5.5-5.7, MIDTERM 2 4/3, 8 - 9:15AM Set10 5.6: 9-25 odd;
5.7: 1-15 odd.
4/7 5.7-5.8, Appendix A Set11 5.8: 1-11 odd, 15, 17, 19.
4/14 5.8, 6.1-6.2 Set12 6.2: 1-35 odd.
4/21 6.2-6.4 Set13 6.3: 1-11, 17-21, 25-27 odd;
6.4: 1-9 odd.
4/28 Review for the FINAL EXAM.