UR Math: Home page for M165 Fall 2009

Math 165: Linear Algebra with Differential Equations

Instructor Info:

Instructor	Sema Salur	Mehmet Arikan
Office:	Hylan 1005	Hylan 919
Phone:	(585) 273-2329	(585) 276-4413
E-mail:	salur 'at' math.rochester.edu	arikan 'at' math.rochester.edu
Office Hours:	MW 3:30pm-4:30pm by appointment	MW 11:15am-12:15pm by appointment

Course Info

	Salur	Arikan

Time:	MW 2-3:15 pm	MWF 10-10:50 am
Location:	Morey 321	Dewey 1101

Texts

Stephen Goode and Scott Annin, Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (3rd Edition), Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
ISBN-10 0130457949.
ISBN-13 9780130457943

Exams

The MIDTERM is scheduled for 8am Tuesday 11/3 (The exam room: HH 141). The exam is 90 minutes in duration.
The FINAL EXAM is scheduled for 12:30pm Tuesday 12/15 (The exam room: tba).
In both exams, you are allowed a single-sided, handwritten sheet of notes. The following sources will be available in advance.

Fall 2009	Sample Final (coming later)
	Sample Final Solutions (coming later)
Fall 2009	Midterm Solutions (available)
Fall 2009	Sample Midterm (available)
	Sample Midterm solutions (available)
Spring 2008	Midterm 1 (available)
Spring 2008	Midterm 2 (available)

LAS study group

The LAS study group for MTH 165 will meet in (tba) on (tba).

Reading

There is a lot of material to cover in Math 165 and there may not be time to cover everything in detail during lectures. In the SYLLABUS portion of this website is a list of the sections of the text which we shall be covering with the approximate dates. Students are expected to have read these sections before they are covered in lecture. Homework assignments and exams may cover material from these sections even if they are not mentioned during lecture.

Recitations

Each student will be required to sign-up for and attend a recitation. Attendance will be taken during the recitation sessions. Recitations provide an excellent opportunity to work together on homework problems and discuss and difficulties with the TA. You should make sure to bring either a laptop or a print out of the current WebWork assignment to each meeting.

TA	Time	Place
Steve Burnett (steven.burnett@rochester.edu)	R 12:40-1:30pm	Hylan 101
Douglas Clift (dclift@u.rochester.edu)	R 10:00-10:50am	Hylan 305
Daniel Green (daniel.green@rochester.edu)	F 09:00-09:50am	Hylan 202
Javier Jaramillo (jjarami2@mail.rochester.edu)	W 6:30-7:20pm	Goergen 108
Jialun Li (ljialun@u.rochester.edu@u.rochester.edu)	R 6:15-7:05pm	Hylan 105
Brian Lomasky (blomasky@u.rochester.edu)	T 5:00-5:50pm	Hylan 305
Selin Taskent (taskent@math.rochester.edu)	F 10:00-10:50am	Hylan 1106B
Selin Taskent (taskent@math.rochester.edu)	F 12:00-12:50pm	Hylan 201
Selin Taskent (taskent@math.rochester.edu)	W 5:00-5:50pm	Hylan 1106B
Xu Wang (xwang43@u.rochester.edu)	R 4:50-5:40pm	Hylan202
Qixuan Zhang (qzhang14@u.rochester.edu)	F 1:00-1:50pm	Hutch 138

Grading

The course will have one in-class midterm and a final. You are permitted a single-sided sheet of handwritten notes (no photocopies or print outs) for the midterm. The sheet may be double sided for the final. Use of calculators or textbooks is however forbidden. The final will be split into two parts. Part A will cover the same material as the midterm. Part B will primarly concern material covered after the midterm. Your score on Part A will replace your midterm score if it is higher.

The grade breakdown is HW 25%, Final 40%, Midterm 30%, Attendance(to the recitation) 5%.

Homework

Homework will be assigned weekly via the online WebWork system. A username and password should be emailed to you at your UR account at the beginning of the semester. If you have not received these by the first day of class, or if you register later, see your instructor immediately to have an account created.

Unless otherwise stated, assignments will be due in at 9pm on Fridays. You will always have at least a week to complete each assignment and you are advised to start as soon as it is posted. Please note that extensions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances. A crowded schedule or minor illness are NOT valid reasons to ask for an extension. If you know you will be absent from school for an extended period, inform your instructor as early as possible so arrangements can be made. Students are advised to work together to solve the homework problems. Additional help can also be found at the recitations and students should bring either a laptop or print out of the their current webwork assignment.

Tools

For plotting ODE's. Link to the Dfield and PPlane ODE plotters developed by John Polking at Rice University

or you can use name="file" value="example_file.txt"

to plot integral curves (solution curves). (Select integral curves from the "Main screen" bar at the top. You need to have Java installed on your computer for these applets to work.)

xFunctions applet was written by David Ecks. Follow the link for more information on how to use it, or how to download it to your own machine.

xFunctions can also be used to plot other functions as well as differential equations.

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