MATH 260
Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations

INSTRUCTOR:	John Stockie Office: K 10518 E-mail: jstockie  [at]  sfu.ca
CLASS TIMES:	Mon: 13:30-14:20 (WMC 3260) Wed/Fri: 13:30-14:20 (C 9002)
MY OFFICE HOURS:	Mon 11:30-12:30 (K 10518)
TA AND TUTORIALS:	Jaskaran Kaur, jkj10 [at] sfu.ca Mondays - 16:30-17:20    AQ 5007 (D104) Tuesdays - 10:30-11:20   WMC 2830 (D102) 11:30-12:20   WMC 2830 (D103)
PREREQUISITES:	MATH 152 or MATH 155/158 (minimum B grade); MATH 232/240.
HOMEWORK:	Homework has two components: online assignments and instructor questions (IQs). The online homework questions are due every week on Wednesdays, and are submitted and auto-graded through the WileyPLUS web site. IQs are assigned bi-weekly on Fridays and require a complete written solution, which is submitted through Crowdmark and graded by hand. Late submissions are assigned a mark of zero, with no exceptions. Your lowest two online homework grades will be dropped, but you are expected to submit all IQs.
QUIZZES:	Quizzes are held weekly during tutorials, and are graded on a 0/1 basis for completion only. You can miss 2 quizzes without penalty.
MIDTERM TEST:	There will be one midterm test of 50 minutes in duration, held during class on Wed Feb 28.
TEXTBOOK:	Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 12th edition, by W. E. Boyce, R. C. DiPrima and D. B. Meade (Wiley, 2021).
	WileyPLUS: An online supplement to the textbook that you must purchase so that you can submit online homework assignments.

OUTLINE:

First order equations: Ch 1 (all), Ch 2 (secs 2.1-2.6) -- 3.5 weeks Second order linear equations: Ch 3 (all) -- 3.5 weeks Series solutions: Ch 5 (secs 5.1-5.7) -- 1.5 weeks Systems of first order linear equations: Ch 7 (secs 7.1-7.6) -- 2 weeks Laplace transforms: Ch 6 (secs 6.1-6.5) -- 2 weeks

GRADING SCHEME:

Online homework (weekly):   15% Instructor questions (bi-weekly):   15% Quizzes (weekly, in tutorial):   8% Midterm test (Feb 28, in class):   22% Final exam (Apr xx):    40%