MATH  445/545  FALL 2001

SYLLABUS

Text 1: (Required) Perko, Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, (2nd edition), Springer 1996

Text 2: (Required) Verhulst, Non-linear Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (2nd edition), Springer 2000

Text 3 (Supplementary) Coombes, Hunt, Lipsman, Osborn, Stuck, Differential Equations with Maple (2nd edition), John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Topics: Selected topics in chapters 1-4 of Text #1. Concurrent material from Text #2.

Exams: Two tests during the semester and a Final Exam.

Exam	Date	Study Guides
#1		Study Guide #1
#2		Study Guide #2
#3  (Final Exam)		Study Guide #3

Homework: Weekly homework as assigned below.

Grades: First  Exam 25%. Second  Exam 25%. Assigned Problems 25%.  Final Exam: Exam 25% & Optional Bonus Problems. +/- grades will be assigned.

Students with Disabilities: If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or psychological) which will make it difficult for you to carry out the course work as outlined, or requires accommodations such as recruiting note takers, readers, or extra time on exams and/or assignments, please advise me during the first two weeks of the course so that we may review possible arrangements for reasonable accommodations.

Making up an Incomplete: To make up an incomplete, you must...

1. Not re-register for the course - You are making up an incomplete in your original course.
2. Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 244, ask for Rosemarie Marciniak or Catherine Bajer, and ask her to initiate an incomplete petition form for you.
3. Sign the petition.
4. a) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed with him/her, take the approved petition form to your original instructor for his/her signature. b) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed by your repeating the course, take the approved petition form to your new instructor for his/her signature.
5. Return the petition form to Rosemarie Marciniak in Room 244 Mathematics Building by the last day of drop/add (Friday, September 7).

Other Important Dates:

• Friday, September 7: Last day to drop course leaving no transcript record.
• Friday, September 7: Last day to file "Petition to make up an incomplete" with the Department of Mathematics for SP 2001 class attendance.
• Friday, October 19: Last day to RESIGN from course-a grade of "R" appears on transcript. (One semester UB students have until April 6 to resign with an "R" provided they have contacted their advisor about this option prior to October 19.

Assigned Problems

Guidlines for Math Labs:

1. Your Name, ID# and problem # should appear on your cover page. 2. Indicate on each Maple Work Sheet which problem, and problem part appears on the sheet.

2. Assignments that are submitted after the due date indicated below may be rejected or subject to a grading penalty.

Assigned Problems	Due Date
#1	/01 (Mon.)
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#5	/01 (Fri.)
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Lecture Schedule & Optional Homework Assignments

Lecture Date	Reading	Homework	Do by
Week #1 08/27/01(Mon.) 08/29/01(Wed.) 08/31/01 (Fri.)	1.1-1.3	Text #1:  Chap. 1:  Sect 1.1---pp. 5-6: Exercises  # 1- 4 Sect 1.2---pp. 9-10:Exercises #1-4 Sect 1.3---pp. 15-16: Exercises #1, 5, 6, 7	09/05/01
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