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MATH 204: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, FALL 2022 Tentative Course Outline

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MATH 204: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, FALL 2022

Tentative Course Outline

Textbook: W. E. Boyce , R. C. DiPrima and D.B. Meade, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Global Edition (John Wiley & Sons, New York). :

  • Week 1: Sections 1.1-1.3, 2.1 (Introduction, basic matheatical models, solutions of some ODE’s, classication of ODEs, first order linear ODEs)
  • Week 2: Sections 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 (Separable equations, Diffrence between linear and nonlinear equations, Exact equations and integrating factors)
  • Week 3: Sections 2.8, 3.1 (Bernoulli’s equation, The existence and uniqueness theorem, Second order equations with constant coefficients
  • Week 4: Section 3.2 (Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Cauchy problem for second order linear ODE’s. Abel’s theorem
  • Week 5: Sections 3.3, 3.4 (Complex roots of the characteristic equation. Repeated roots.
  • Week 6: Sections 3.6, 3.8  (Non-homogeneous equations. Method of variation of parameters. Forced periodic vibrations)
  • Week 7: Sections 5.1 , 5.2 (Review of power series. Series solutions of ODE’s
  • Week 8: Sections 5.3, 6.1 ( Series solutions near ordinary points. Laplace transform)
  • Week 9:  Sections   6.2, 6.3 (Initial value problems.  Step functions)
  • Week 10: Sections   6.4, 6.6 ( ODE’s with discontinuous forcing function. The  convolution integral)
  • Week 11: Sections   Sections 7.1,-7.3 (Review of systems of algebraic equations, vector – functions, matrices)
  • Week 12: Sections   7.4 -7.6 , 7.8(Systems of first order ODE’s. Abel’s Theorem. Homogeneous systems with constant coefficients. Complex – valued roots, Repeated  eigenvalues)
  • Week 13: Sections  7.7 , 7.9, 10.1 Non-homogeneous systems of first order ODE’s. Two-point boundary value prblems
  • Week 14: Sections   10.1- 10.5  Fourier series. Heat equation

MATH 204: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, FALL 2020

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MATH 204: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, FALL 2020

Instructors and Office Hours

  • Alphan Sennaroglu, Office: SCI 157, Office Hours: Tuesdays 13:30 -18:50
  • Ali Serpenguzel, Office: SCI 119, Office Hours: Fridays 18:00 -18:50
  • Varga Kalantarov, Office: SCI 162, Office Hours: Mondays 18:00 – 18:50 , Wendesdays 15:00 – 16:00

Teaching Asistants and Office Hours

  • Ayshemine Altindag,e-mail:aaltindag20[at]ku.edu.tr Office Hours: Mondays 14:00-15:00
  • Shaheryar Atta Han
  • Mojdeh Vakili Tabatabaei, e-mail:mtabatabaei18[at]ku.edu.tr Office Hours: TBA
  • Omer Faruk Sahin,e-mail:osahin18[at]ku.edu.tr Office Hours: Tuesdays 16:00-17:00

Syllabus

  • Syllabus [pdf]

MATH 204: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, FALL 2021

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MATH 204: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, FALL 2021

Instructors and Office Hours

  • Ali Mostafazadeh, Office: SCI 154, Office Hours: TBA
  • Alphan Sennaroglu, Office: SCI 157, Office Hours: TBA
  • Nur Saglam, Office: SCI 114, Office Hours: Mon. 11:30-12:30, Thu.  16:00-17:00
  • Varga Kalantarov, Office: SCI 162, Office Hours: Mon. 15:00 -16:00,  Wed. 15:00 -16:00

Teaching Asistants and Office Hours

  • Suat Icli,e-mail: sicli21[at]ku.edu.tr, Office Hours: Tuesday 11.30-12.45 appointment via email
  • Onur Serin ,e-mail:OSERIN18[at]ku.edu.tr, Office Hours:Monday 13:00-14:15 appointment by email
  • Nihan Tanisali ,e-mail: ntanisali16[at]ku.edu.tr,Office Hours: Monday 14:00-15:15 appointment via email Sci 111
  • Khunsha Mehmood ,e-mail:kmehmood19[at]ku.edu.tr,Office Hours: 15:45-17:00. appointment via email. SNA B131
  • Andrew Yong Xern Bond ,e-mail:abond19[at]ku.edu.tr, Office Hours: Friday 13:00-14:15 appointment by email
  • Faik Derya İnce e-mail:: fince21@ku.edu.tr Office Hours:,  appointment by email

Syllabus

  • Syllabus [pdf]