MATH3270A - Ordinary Differential Equations - 2021/22

General Information

Lecturer

• YU, Yong
  • Office: LSB 214
  • Tel: 39438900
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  • Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Assistant

• Liu, Sicheng
  • Office: AB1 614
  • Tel: 3943 4109
  • Email:
• Hui, Yuxiang
  • Office: AB1 614
  • Tel: 3943 4109
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: We 4:30PM - 6:15PM, Y.C. Liang Hall 104; Th 12:30PM - 1:15PM, Y.C. Liang Hall 104
• Tutorial: Th 1:30PM - 2:15PM, Y.C. Liang Hall 104

Course Description

Ordinary differential equations arise from quantitative description of natural and social phenomena. Topics are: method of explicit solution, linear equations and systems, series solutions, Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems, dynamical systems and stability, applications to mechanics, electrical networks and population of species.

Textbooks

• Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems (Boyce and Diprima) 9th Ed.

Assignments

• HW Set 1 (Due on Sept. 17)

Assessment Scheme

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