Math 20580 Course Information
Fall 2017

Syllabus, schedule, homework and exam info


Class times, office hours, contact details etc.

Instructors: Gerard Misiolek (20580-01) 246 Hayes-Healy, email: gmisiole@nd.edu
Claudiu Raicu (20580-02) 112 Hayes Healy, email: craicu@nd.edu
Jay Shah (20580-03) 106 Hayes-Healy, email: jshah3@nd.edu
Class Times: 20580-01:   MWF 8:20 - 9:10 a.m. DeBartolo 126
20580-02:   MWF 9:25-10:15 am Galvin Life Science Center 283
20580-03:   MWF 12:50 a.m.-1:40 p.m. Fitzpatrick Hall of Eng. 356
TAs: Fangchi Yan (22580-11/12) Hayes-Healy B22, email: fyan1@nd.edu
Michael Perlman (22580-21/22) Hayes-Healy B20, email: mperlman@nd.edu
Doan Le (22580-31/32) Hurley 289, email: dle2@nd.edu
Tutorial: 22580-11: R 11:00-11:50 a.m. Pasquerilla Center 112 (F. Yan)
22580-12: R 2:00-2:50 p.m. Hayes Healy Center 127 (F. Yan)
22580-21: R 3:30-4:20 p.m. Hayes Healy 229 (M. Perlman)
22580-22: R 12:30-1:20 p.m. Pasquerilla Center 112 (M. Perlman)
22580-31: R 9:30-10:20 a.m. Haggar Hall 117 (D. Le)
22580-32: R 2:00-2:50 p.m. Pasquerilla Center 109 (D. Le)
Office hours: Gerard Misiolek MWF 11-12pm.
Claudiu Raicu Mon 11:30-12:30pm, Wed 2-3pm.
Jay Shah MW 5-6pm.
Fangchi Yan Thu 4-5:30pm.
Michael Perlman Thu 4:30-6:30pm.
Doan Le Tue & Wed 3-4pm.

Math 20580 students may attend any of these instructor or TA office hours, not only those of their instructor or TA.

Homework assignments

Homework will be collected at the end of your tutorial class on Thursday, unless other arrangements are indicated for that week in the schedule below.

Here are lists of homework problems for this semester:

(1) Homework problems for linear algebra.
      This first part of homework is selected from the textbook:
      Lay, Lay and McDonald "Linear algebra and its applications", 5th edition.


(2) Homework problems for differential equations.
      This second part of homework is selected from the textbook:
      Boyce and DiPrima, "Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems", 11th edition.

      If you are using the 10th edition of the book then the problems are 10th edition problems.

Your instructor may assign additional problems in lectures. Beware that if you have a different edition of the text, you should copy the homework problems from someone with the correct edition listed above because problems differ between the various editions.

Homework schedule:

Due Date Date Assigned Textbook Assignments
Aug 31 Aug 23 Lin. Alg. Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Sep 7 Aug 30 Lin. Alg. Sections 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8
Sep 14 Sep 6 Lin. Alg. Sections 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Sep 21 Sep 13 Lin. Alg. Sections 2.8, 2.9, 3.1, 3.2
Sep 28 Sep 20 Lin. Alg. Sections 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Oct 5 Sep 27 Lin. Alg. Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7
Oct 12 Oct 4 Lin. Alg. Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Oct 26* Oct 11 Lin. Alg. Sections 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Nov 2 Oct 25 Lin. Alg./ODE Sections 6.4, 6.5/1.1, 1.2
Nov 9 Nov 1 ODE Sections 1.3, 2.1, 2.2
Nov 16 Nov 8 ODE Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Nov 21** Nov 15 ODE Sections 2.6, 3.1
Nov 30 Nov 20 ODE Sections 3.2, 3.3
Dec 5** Nov 27 ODE Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
Not collected Dec 6 ODE Sections 3.7, 3.8

* Special arrangements because of Thursday's Math 20580 exam (no tutorial) this week. Homework will be due in your TA's mailbox (in the math dept mailroom outside 255 Hurley) by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the exam. Make sure to put your homework in the correct envelope (which will be marked with your TA's name and tutorial time).

** Special arrangements because classes are not held on Thursday of this week. Homework will be due in your TA's mailbox (in the math dept mailroom outside 255 Hurley) by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Make sure to put your homework in the correct envelope (which will be marked with your TA's name and tutorial time).

Exams

The first midterm exam will take place on Tuesday, September 19, from 8-9:15am. Calculators are NOT allowed! The location of the exam is as follows:

Section 20580-01 (Gerard Misiolek) 129 Hayes-Healy
Section 20580-02 (Claudiu Raicu) 127 Hayes-Healy
Section 20580-03 (Jay Shah) 117 Hayes-Healy

Practice exams: 1stPracticeExam, 2ndPracticeExam, 3rdPracticeExam.
First midterm exam and solutions.

The second midterm exam will take place on Thursday, October 26, from 8-9:15am. Calculators are NOT allowed! The location of the exam is as follows:

Section 20580-01 (Gerard Misiolek) 129 Hayes-Healy
Section 20580-02 (Claudiu Raicu) 127 Hayes-Healy
Section 20580-03 (Jay Shah) 117 Hayes-Healy

Practice exams: 1stPracticeExam, 2ndPracticeExam, 3rdPracticeExam, 4thPracticeExam.
Second midterm exam and solutions.

The third midterm exam will take place on Tuesday, November 14, from 8-9:15am. Calculators are NOT allowed! The location of the exam is as follows:

Section 20580-01 (Gerard Misiolek) 129 Hayes-Healy
Section 20580-02 (Claudiu Raicu) 127 Hayes-Healy
Section 20580-03 (Jay Shah) 117 Hayes-Healy

Practice exams: 1stPracticeExam - solutions, 2ndPracticeExam, 3rdPracticeExam, 4thPracticeExam.
Third midterm exam and solutions.

The final exam will take place on Tuesday, December 12, from 1:45-3:45pm. Calculators are NOT allowed, but you may bring an 8.5 x 11 page of notes with writing on BOTH sides! The location of the exam is as follows:

Section 20580-01 (Gerard Misiolek) 126 DeBartolo Hall
Section 20580-02 (Claudiu Raicu) 283 Galvin Life Science Center
Section 20580-03 (Jay Shah) 356 Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering

Practice exams: 1stPracticeExam - answer key, 2ndPracticeExam, 3rdPracticeExam, 4thPracticeExam.
Final exam and solutions.