Math 20580 Course Information
Spring 2025

Syllabus, schedule, homework and exam info

Class times, office hours, contact details etc.

Instructors: Matthew Dyer (20580-01/02) 140 Hayes-Healy, email: dyer@nd.edu
Jeffrey Diller (20580-03) 168B Hurley, email: jdiller@nd.edu
Han Lu (20580-04) 216 Hayes-Healy, email: hlu8@nd.edu
Sudipta Ghosh (20580-05/06) 230 Hayes-Healy, email: sghosh7@nd.edu
Claudia Polini (20580-07) 276B Hurley, email: cpolini@nd.edu

Class Times: 20580-01:   MWF 8:20 - 9:10 a.m. Hayes-Healy 127
20580-02:   MWF 09:25 - 10:15 a.m. Hayes-Healy 127
20580-03:   MWF 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. DeBartolo Hall 136
20580-04:   MWF 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Pasquerilla Center 114
20580-05:   MWF 12:50 - 1:40 p.m. DeBartolo Hall 140
20580-06:   MWF 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. DeBartolo Hall 140
20580-07:   MWF 3:30-4:20 p.m. DeBartolo Hall 140

TAs: Brandon Fu (22580-11/12/21) 295 Hurley, email: qfu3@nd.edu
Xiyan Zhong (22580-22/31) Hayes-Healy B02, email: xzhong4@nd.edu
Roger Murray (22580-32/52) 295 Hurley, email: rmurray5@nd.edu
Sandra Sandoval-Gomez (22580-41/42/52) Hayes-Healy B22, email: ssandov3@nd.edu
Vishnu Nandakumaran (22580-61/62) Hayes-Healy B02, email: vnandaku@nd.edu
Yufei Zhang (22580-61/62) Hayes-Healy 253B, email: yzhang43@nd.edu

Tutorial: 22580-11: R 9:30 - 10:20 a.m. Remick Hall 209 (Brandon Fu)
22580-12: R 11:00-11:50 a.m. DeBartolo Hall 318 (Brandon Fu)
22580-21: R 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. DeBartolo 313 (Brandon Fu)
22580-22: R 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. DeBartolo 311 (Xiyan Zhong)
22580-31: R 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. Hayes-Healy 117 (Xiyan Zhong)
22580-32: R 5:00-5:55 p.m. DeBartolo 117 (Roger Murray)
22580-41: R 9:30 - 10:20 a.m. Pasquerilla 114 (Sandra Sandoval-Gomez)
22580-42: R 11:00-11:50 a.m. O'Shaugnessy 116 (Sandra Sandoval-Gomez)
22580-51: R 12:30-1:20 p.m. DeBartolo 316 (Sandra Sandoval-Gomez)
22580-52: R 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. DeBartolo 310 (Roger Murray)
22580-61: R 3:30-4:20 p.m. DeBartolo 217 (Vishnu Nandakumaran)
22580-62: R 5:05 - 5:55 p.m. Pasquerilla 105 (Vishnu Nandakumaran)
22580-71: R 11:00-11:50 a.m. DeBartolo 319 (Yufei Zhang)
22580-72: R 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. DeBartolo 317 (Yufei Zhang)

Office hours: Matthew Dyer Wednesday 2-4 p.m. (140 Hayes-Healy)
Jeffrey Diller Monday 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Hayes-Healy 231)
Han Lu Monday 2-3 p.m. (216 Hayes-Healy)
Sudipta Ghosh Monday and Wednesday 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. (230 Hayes Healy)
Claudia Polini Wednesday 1-3 p.m. (276B Hurley)
Brandon Fu TBA (Math Help Room)
Xiyan Zhong Monday 2-4 p.m. (Math Help Room)
Roger Murray Thursday 6-8 p.m. (Math Help Room)
Sandra Sandoval-Gomez Tuesday 2-4 p.m. (Math Help Room)
Vishnu Nandakumaran Wednesday 4-6 p.m. (Math Help Room)
Yufei Zhang Tuesday 1-3 p.m. (Math Help Room)
Math Help Room info and resources Math Help Room Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 1-9pm, Fri 1-4pm, Sun 4-9pm
Math Help Room schedule

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

Worksheets and Quizzes


Worksheet 1
Quiz 1
Worksheet 2
Quiz 2
Worksheet 3
Quiz 3
Worksheet 4

Worksheet 5
Quiz 4
Worksheet 6
Quiz 5
Worksheet 7
Quiz 6
Worksheet 8
Quiz 7
Worksheet 9
Quiz 8
Worksheet 10
Quiz 9

Exams

The first midterm exam will take place on Thursday, February 13, from 8-9:15am.
The location of the exam is as follows:
Section 20580-01,02 (Matthew Dyer) 141 DeBartolo Hall
Section 20580-03,04 (Jeff Diller, Han Lu) 105 Jordan Hall
Section 20580-05,06,07 (Sudipta Gosh, Claudia Polini) 101 DeBartolo Hall

All material listed on the course schedule to be covered by Monday, February 3 is examinable. That is the material from sections 2.1,2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6 and 6.3 of the textbook ''Poole.''
Calculators are NOT allowed!
Practice exams: 1stPracticeExam - Solutions, 2ndPracticeExam, 3rdPracticeExam - Solutions, 4thPracticeExam.

First midterm exam and solutions.

The second midterm exam will take place on Thursday, March 6, from 8-9:15am.
The exam location (for all course sections) is Stepan Center Arena.
The exam will cover the material on the course schedule in sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 and 4.2 from the textbook ''Poole.''
Calculators are NOT allowed!
Practice exams:
1stPracticeExam - Solutions, 2ndPracticeExam - Solutions, 3rdPracticeExam, 4thPracticeExam, 5thPracticeExam - Solutions

Second midterm exam and solutions

The third midterm exam will take place on Thursday, April 17 from 8-9:15am. Calculators are NOT allowed!
The location of the exam by section is as follows:
Section 20580-01,02 (Matthew Dyer) 141 DeBartolo Hall
Section 20580-03,04 (Jeff Diller, Han Lu) 105 Jordan Hall
Section 20580-05,06,07 (Sudipta Gosh, Claudia Polini) 101 DeBartolo Hall

The exam will cover the material on the course schedule in sections 4.1. 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.3 of Poole and 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 of Zill. The last examinable topic is exact equations and integrating factors. Modeling will not be examinable on Exam 3.
Practice exams: In the practice exams below, questions on material covered after exact equations (i.e. material on modeling and on second order equations) may be ignored in studying for exam 3. However, questions involving eigenvalues, eigenvectors, characteristic polynomials, similarity and diagonalization of matrices from the practice exams for exam 2 are also good review problems for this exam.
1stPracticeExam - Solutions, 2ndPracticeExam - Solutions, 3rdPracticeExam, 4thPracticeExam, 5thPracticeExam - Solutions

The final exam will take place on Wednesday, May 7, from 8:00-10:00am. Calculators are NOT allowed!
The exam location by sections is as follows:
Section 20580-01,02,03,04,07 (Matthew Dyer, Jeff Diller, Han Lu, Claudia Polini) Stepan Center Arena
Section 20580-05,06 (Sudipta Gosh) 141 DeBartolo Hall