Math 112b Instructor  Dr.  Yuri Godin
Mathematical Methods for  Office hours:    MWF 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Engineering and Science
Spring Quarter 2000 Office:  RH 274
Course #44525 Phone:  (949)-824-7715
MWF 11:00-11:50 am in PST 103   Email:  ygodin@math.uci.edu

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Text:  Martin Braun,  Differential Equations and Their Applications : An Introduction to Applied Mathematics (Texts in Applied Mathematics, No 11), 4th edition (January 1993). ISBN: 0387978941. I may ask you to read some sections on your own; and I may introduce some material that is not in the text.

Scope of course: The course will develop methods and approaches for solving mathematical problems arising in applications, including ordinary differential equationsand its applications. Tentative Course Outline: Ordinary differential equations and special functions; stability theory; applications.

Homework: The homework assignments will be given on Fridays at the end of each lecture. All homework will be due on the assigned due date (normally a Friday). No late homework will be accepted. The homework with the lowest score of the quarter will be dropped before the final grade is computed.

Exams: There will be one midterm exam (date to be announced) and a comprehensive final exam (Wednesday, June 14, 10:30 am - 12:30pm ). All exams are closed notes and books. Picture ID with signature is required and must be presented upon request. This is your responsibility to keep the tests and quizzes until the end of the quarter.

Grading: Assigned homework will be collected periodically and graded. There will also be one in-class midterm exam and a final exam. The weighting for the grades is the following: Homework - 30%, Midterm exam - 30%, Comprehensive final exam - 40%.

Partial Credit: Partial credit for incomplete answers will only be given if you did complete a substantial fraction which demonstrates your understanding of the material. However, on all quizzes and exams you have the give up option: if you clearly write the words ``Give Up'' underneath your answer, it will not be read (whether wrong or right) and you will receive 20% of the maximum score by default.

Late exams, incompletes, etc.: I never give `early' exams, and hardly ever give `late' exams. If I do allow you to take a late exam, you can be sure that it will be different from - and harder than - the one given to the rest of the class. If you have a well-documented excuse showing that for reasons beyond your control it was absolutely impossible for you to take an exam, it will be rescheduled at a later date and a commensurate penalty will be assessed.
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(Wednesday, June 14, 10:30 am - 12:30pm)