MAT3613

Topics List

Date	Sections	Topics	Prerequisite Skills	Student Learning Outcomes
Week I	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Chaps. 1, 2, 3 nan nan nan	Explain the basic notions related to differential equations: the order of a differential equation, solutions, basic concepts of initial values, existence and uniqueness. Determine separable differential equations of the first order. Apply direct methods to evaluate exact solutions of separable differential equations of the first order. nan nan nan nan	Integration techniques. nan nan nan nan nan	Explain the basic notions related to differential equations: the order of a differential equation, solutions, basic concepts of initial values, existence and uniqueness. Determine separable differential equations of the first order. Apply direct methods to evaluate exact solutions of separable differential equations of the first order. nan nan nan nan
Week II	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Chaps. 1 and 3	Determine homogeneous and linear differential equations of the first order. Apply direct methods to evaluate exact solutions of homogeneous and linear differential equations of the first order (substitutions, integrating factor method). Use some differential equations as mathematical models in biology, population dynamics, mechanics and electrical circuit theory problems. nan	Integration techniques. nan nan	Determine homogeneous and linear differential equations of the first order. Apply direct methods to evaluate exact solutions of homogeneous and linear differential equations of the first order (substitutions, integrating factor method). Use some differential equations as mathematical models in biology, population dynamics, mechanics and electrical circuit theory problems. nan
Week III	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 3 nan	Determine Bernoulli and exact differential equations of the first order. Apply direct methods to evaluate exact solutions of Bernoulli and exact differential equations of the first order. Use the integrating factor technique for exact equations. nan	Integration techniques. Partial derivatives. Linear first- order differential equations. nan nan	Determine Bernoulli and exact differential equations of the first order. Apply direct methods to evaluate exact solutions of Bernoulli and exact differential equations of the first order. Use the integrating factor technique for exact equations. nan
Week IV	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Chaps. 1-3	Determine the type of different classes of differential equations of the first order: separable, linear, homogeneous, Bernoulli, exact. Use direct methods to solve first order differential equations solved and not solved for the first derivative.	Integration techniques. Partial derivatives. Integrating factor methods. First-order differential equations.	Determine the type of different classes of differential equations of the first order: separable, linear, homogeneous, Bernoulli, exact. Use direct methods to solve first order differential equations solved and not solved for the first derivative.
Week V	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 5 nan	Linear dependence and independence of functions. Wronskian of two functions. Wronskian of two solutions of linear second-order ODEs. nan	Linear dependence, independenc e of vectors. Determinant s.	Linear dependence and independence of functions. Wronskian of two functions. Wronskian of two solutions of linear second-order ODEs. nan
Week VI	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 5 nan nan nan nan nan	Determine the type of different classes of differential equations of the second and higher order: linear and nonlinear, equations with constant coefficients, homogeneous and non- homogeneous. Determine fundamental solutions. Apply of the variation of parameters technique for second-order ODEs. nan nan nan	Wronskian. Algebraic equations. Determinant s. nan nan nan nan nan	Determine the type of different classes of differential equations of the second and higher order: linear and nonlinear, equations with constant coefficients, homogeneous and non- homogeneous. Determine fundamental solutions. Apply of the variation of parameters technique for second-order ODEs. nan nan nan
Week VII	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 5 nan	Apply variation of parameters and method of undetermined coefficients techniques for second-order ODEs. nan	Variation of parameters. Method of undetermine d coefficients. nan	Apply variation of parameters and method of undetermined coefficients techniques for second-order ODEs. nan
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Week X	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 5 nan nan	Apply variation of parameters and method of undetermined coefficients techniques for higher-order ODEs nan nan	Methods for higher-order ODEs. Variation of parameters. Method of undetermine d coefficients. nan	Apply variation of parameters and method of undetermined coefficients techniques for higher-order ODEs nan nan
Week XI	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Chaps. 5, 6, 10	Evaluate the exact solutions of important classes of differential equations such as second order differential equations as well as some higher order differential equations. nan nan	Direct methods for second and higher-order ODEs. nan nan	Evaluate the exact solutions of important classes of differential equations such as second order differential equations as well as some higher order differential equations. nan nan
Week XII	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 11 nan nan nan nan	Definition and main properties of the Laplace transform. nan nan nan nan nan	Improper integrals with infinite limits. nan nan nan nan nan	Definition and main properties of the Laplace transform. nan nan nan nan nan
Week XIII	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 11	Apply the theorem(s) for inverse L-transform. nan	Derivatives of functions of complex variables. nan	Apply the theorem(s) for inverse L-transform. nan
Week XIV	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014, Ch. 11	Apply the Laplace transform as solution technique. nan	Properties of the L- transform and inverse L-transform. nan	Apply the Laplace transform as solution technique. nan
Week XV	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014 nan	Apply the L-transform. Apply all solutions methods discussed. nan	Solutions methods discussed. nan	Apply the L-transform. Apply all solutions methods discussed. nan
Week XVI	Ahmad and Ambrosetti 2014 nan	Collect HOMEWORK # 3 Overview of the solutions methods discussed. nan	Solutions methods discussed. nan	Apply all solutions methods discussed. nan