Math 256 Differential Equations - Syllabus

INSTRUCTORS Day Evening TEXT

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Açıkgöz FOOD (MD12) MECH (MD12)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Kablan FOOD group 2 (MD3)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Belgin Özer TEX / MECH (101) CVL (MD6) Fundamentals of Differential
Equations by Kent Nagle,
Assist. Prof. Dr. Mine M. Yılmaz IND / CVL (Z4) FOOD group 1/IND (Z4) Edward Saff, Arthur Snider.
* 101-Textil Eng. , Z4-Industrial Eng. 6th, 7th or 8th Edition
* FOOD group 1:NAME=A-C -FOOD group 2:NAME=D-Z

IMPORTANT DATES
1st Midterm Exam : November, 05, 2018, 17:00 Place: It will be announced at a later date
1st Make-up Exam : November, 14, 2018, 15:30 Place: Department of mathematics
2nd Midterm Exam : December, 10, 2018, 17:00 Place: It will be announced at a later date
2nd Make-up Exam : December, 19, 2018, 15:30 Place: Department of mathematics
Final Exam : January, 07, 2019, 13:30 Place: It will be announced at a later date

GRADING EXAMS
GRADING:The exam assessments will be distributed as follows:
First Midterm: 30%, Second Midterm: 30%, Final Exam: 40%

TENTATIVE WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEEK2: 1.1 Background
1.2 Solutions and Initial Value Problems
WEEK3: 1.4 The Approximation Method of Euler
2.2 Separable Equations
WEEK4: 2.3 Linear Equations
2.4 Exact Equations
2.5 Special Integrating Factors
WEEK5: 2.6 Substitutions and Transformations
Homogeneous Equations
Equations of the Form dy/dx =G(ax+by)
Bernoulli Equations
WEEK6: Republic holiday

WEEK7: First Midterm Exam - Contents: From section 1.1 to 2.6

WEEK8: 4.2 Homogeneous Linear Equations: The General Solution

4.3 Auxiliary Equations with Complex Roots
WEEK9: 4.4 Nonhomogeneous Equations: The Method of Undetermined Coefficients
4.6 Variation of Parameters
WEEK10: 4.7 Variable-Coefficient Equations: Cauchy–Euler Equations
7.2 Definition of the Laplace Transform
WEEK11: 7.3 Properties of the Laplace Transform
7.4 Inverse Laplace Transform

WEEK12: Second Midterm Exam - Contents: From section 4.2 to 7.4

WEEK13: 7.5 Solving Initial Value Problems

7.7 Convolution
WEEK14: 8.2 Power Series and Analytic Functions
8.3 Power Series Solutions to Linear Differential Equations