This page will contain some information about the Winter 2008/2009 MAT 234 course on Differential Equations.
Course outline:
This is a short half year introductory course in differential equations for engineering students. Differential equations are of basic importance in engineering mathematics because many physical laws and relations appear mathematically in the form of differential equations. The first part of the course will focus on the standard methods of solving first and second order ordinary differential equations, i.e separation of variables, integrating factor, series solutions. The second part of the course will develop important techniques of finding general solutions for the classical partial differential equations (the wave equation, the diffusion equation and Laplace’s equation ) in explicit form.
Course Coordinator:
Marina Chugunova, HU 1025, (416) 946-3769, chugunom@math.utoronto.ca
Lectures: Monday (10:00 – 11:00) MP102, Tuesday (14:00 – 16:00) LM159
Office hours: Tuesday (16:00 – 18:00) HU 1025
Course Instructor:
Gideon Simpson, BA 1025, 416-978-5214, simpson@math.utoronto.ca
Lectures: Monday (10:00 – 11:00) MP103, Tuesday (14:00 – 16:00) SF1105
Tutorial Instructors:
Hadi Ghasemi, ghasemi@mie.utoronto.ca, Tutorial 01: Monday (16:00 – 17:30) SF3201
Office hours: Tuesday (5-6 pm) MC304
Farbod Nassiri, farbod.nassiri@utoronto.ca, Tutorial 02: Monday (16:00 – 17:30) HA403
Office hours: Friday (3-4pm) MC314F
Dan Sellan, dan.sellan@utoronto.ca, Tutorial 03: Tuesday (10:00 – 11:30) HA403
Office hours: by appointment, just send an e-mail and you’ll get one
Patrick Woods, pwoods@mie.utoronto.ca, Tutorial 04: Tuesday (10:00 – 11:30) SF3202
Office hours: 1:00PM to 2:00PM on Mondays ROOM RS 313 (in the Rosebrugh building)
Teaching Assistants:
Winnie Chen, hwchen@mie.utoronto.ca
Office hours: Thursday April 2nd, 2 – 3 pm at the Lab. RS 314
Stephen Stoyan, stoyan@mie.utoronto.ca
Office hours: Wednesday April 1st from 12 – 1 pm, at the office RS 316
Qingan (Andy) Zhang, qzhang@mie.utoronto.ca
Office hours: Apr. 3 Friday 12 – 1 pm at mechanical engineering MC 336
Format:
This is a lecture and tutorial course meeting on Mondays and Tuesdays. The lectures form the essential content of the course, and you are responsible for all material covered in lectures (unless otherwise indicated.) Most of the material can be found in the textbook, but the lectures may deviate from the book in content or ordering of material. If you miss a lecture, it is your responsibility to find out (from a classmate) what has been covered in your absence. A table containing the titles of the topics covered (and a reference to the textbook if appropriate) in each previous lecture will be posted on this web page.
Textbook:
“ Advanced Engineering Mathematics ” Erwin Kreyszig, 9th edition, ISBN 0-471-48885-2.
The text is viewed as a learning resource for the students, (a supplement to the lectures), and a source of practice problems.
Topics:
We will cover the following sections: 1.1 – 1.5; 2.1 – 2.3; 2.5 – 2.7; 2.10; 3.1 – 3.3; 4.0 – 4.4; 5.1 – 5.2; 5.4 – 5.5; 11.1 – 11.10; 12.1; 12.3- 12.6; 12.7; 12.9, with supplemental material provided in the lectures.
Homework:
Assigning and grading of all homework problems will be done by WileyPLUS system. Homeworks will be assigned weekly with some exceptions.
All students who bought access to WileyPLUS in September for MIE230 please register at this new URL at no cost: for LEC01 (Instructor: Marina Chugunova): http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls86682/
for LEC02 (Instructor: Gideon Simpson): http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls87498/
All new students !!! who didn’t take MIE230 will have to buy access to Erwin Kreyszig Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 9th ed (please go to www.wileyplus.com/buy ) and when you have the access code please register using one of the links above. If you have any qusetions about the registration please contact Kristen Vanderkooy (Kristen.Vanderkooy@Wiley.com or 416-646-4563).
Marking Scheme:
There will be one midterm test, one quiz and a final exam. The quiz will occur at the beginning of February, midterm at the beginning of March and time will be scheduled for the final exam. The final grade will be determined by the scale:
15% Quiz, 30% Midterm Test, 45% Final exam and 10% Homeworks
If you miss a test, an exam or homework due date due to illness or other emergency, you must obtain a medical certificate from Student Health Services or a doctor. For more information please consult the document: http://www.utoronto.ca/health/forms/forms.htm
Warning!:
Be aware of the University policies on Academic Dishonesty: You are expected to exhibit honesty and use ethical behaviour in all aspects of the learning process. Academic credentials you earn are rooted in principles of honesty and academic integrity. Academic dishonesty is to knowingly act or fail to act in a way that results or could result in unearned academic credit or advantage. This behaviour can result in serious consequences, e.g. the grade of zero on an assignment, loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: “Grade of F assigned for academic dishonesty”), and/or suspension or expulsion from the university. It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on the various types of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, located at:
http://www.utoronto.ca/academicintegrity