MCS 258, Introduction to Differential Equations

 

Prof. Dr. Kenan TAŞ (Section 01 , Computer Engineering )

Dr. Raziye MERT (Section 02 , Computer Engineering )

Ass.Prof. Dr. Thabet S.H.MARAABA (ABDEL JAWAD)  (Section 03, Electronic & Communication Engineering)

Text Book:

Differential Equations;   Shepley L. Ross, John Wiley and Sons, 3rd Edition,1984

Supplementary Book:

Lectures on Differential Equations, E. Akyıldız, Y. Akyıldız, Ş.Alpay, A. Erkip and A.Yazıcı, Matematik Vakfı Yayın No:1

Evaluation:

   First MT : %30      ( April 02, 2010, Friday)          

  Second MT: %30    ( May 07, 2010, Friday)          

  Final: %40                            

Homeworks:

HW1 Questions: here

HW1 Supplementary Questions: here

HW2 Questions:here

HW3 Questions:here

HW4 Questions:here

HW5 Questions:here

2009 MT1 Questions:here

HW6 Questions:here

Solved Problems(Laplace):here

2009 MT2 Questions:here

HW7 Questions:here

2009 Final Exam Questions:here

 

COURSE CHART

Week

Date

Section Covered and Comments

 

1

 

Feb 15- 19, 2010

First Order Ordinary Differential Equations: Preliminaries,

2

Feb. 22-26, 2010

Solutions Existence-Uniqueness Theorem

Exact Equations, Separable Equations, Linear Equations, Bernoulli Equations,

3

March 01-05,2010

 Homogeneous Equations, Finding Integrating Factors, Special Transformations (Equations Reducible to Homogeneous Equations)

4

March 08-12,2010

 Higher Order Linear Ordinary Differential Equations: Basic Theory of Higher Order Linear Equations, Reduction of Order Method

5

March 15-19,2010

 Homogeneous Constant Coefficient Equations, Undetermined Coefficients Method,

    6

March 22-26,2010

Variation of Parameters Method

    First Midterm  ( April 02, 2010, Friday) 

7

March 29- Apr02, 2010

Cauchy-Euler Equations, Series Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations:

Power Series Solutions (Ordinary Point)

 

8

Apr 05- Apr 09, 2010

Power Series Solutions (Ordinary Point) (continued)

Power Series Solutions (Regular-Singular Point).

9

Apr 12- Apr 16, 2010

Laplace Transforms: Basic Properties of the Laplace Transforms, Convolution

10

Apr 19- Apr 23, 2010

(Holiday April 23)

 

Inverse Laplace Transforms

11

Apr 26- Apr 30, 2010

Solution of Differential Equations by the Laplace Transform

Second Midterm ( May 07, 2010, Friday) 

12

 

May 03 - 07, 2010

 Laplace Transform of  piecewise functions and unit step functions

13

May 10 - 14, 2010

(Çankaya Days Festival, May 13-14)

Fourier Analysis: Odd and Even Functions, Periodic Functions Trigonometric Series, Fourier Series and Fourier Sine and Fourier Cosine Series for Functions of any Period

14

May 17 - 21, 2010

(Holiday May 19)

 

Partial Differential Equations: Separation of Variables, Solution of the One-Dimensional Heat Equation

15

May 24 - 25, 2010

Worked Examples, Theorem Proofs, Exercises