MA311 Introduction to differential equations

Class: MWF 1:00pm-1:50pm in Mudd 405

Office hours: Monday 2pm-4pm in Mudd 412

Textbook: Swift and Wirkus, A course in ordinary differential equations, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 1st edition, 2007, ISBN 1584884762.

Reference books:

• Boyce and DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Wiley.
• Edwards and Penney, Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems, Prentice Hall.

We will make use of Sage, a mathematical computer system. Here is a page with more information about Sage.

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