Professor Feng's Math 220 - ODE (Fall 2009)

This teaching website has address: www.math.ku.edu/~jfeng/Teaching.html

  IMPORTANT NOTE:
   
Information will be updated on a weekly basis, please check back often (2nd midterm is moved to Nov 3rd).


1. Text: Elementary Differential Equations (9th Edition)
   ---by W.E. Boyce and R.C.DiPerima. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons.
   Prerequisites: Math 121 and 122 

2. 
Professor Jin Feng's Office: 527 Snow Hall, Phone: 785-864-3764 

   Office hour: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 am

   Lecture time: Tuesday and Thursday
   Line Number 30935   9:30-10:45 am  4040 WESCOE
   Line Number 37059   1:00- 2:15  pm   454 SNOW

   Email: jfeng@math.ku.edu

3. 
Grader: Elisabeth Callen
     Email: bcallen@ku.edu

4. EXAMS (tentative schedule):
(exams are given in the lecture room except the final)
    First Midterm: Sept 29th, at the time of lecture. Coverage: Ch 1.1,1.2,1.3, Ch 2.1, 2.2,2.3,2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8,
    Second Midterm: Nov 3rd, at the time of lecture. Coverage: Ch 3.1, 3.2, Ch 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8,
    Final:
    Line Number 30935 (morning session)  Dec 16th 7:30 - 10:00 am
    Line Number 37059 (afternoon session) Dec 17th 1:30-4:00 pm
 in the lecture room.    Coverage : Ch 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4. 6.5,6.6 + Everything discussed in the semester
  
    Academic calendar 2009


You are required to contact me at least a week in advance of a scheduled exam or test to be accorded the opportunity to take the exam or test at some other time not in conflict with your religious obligations.

5. Sample exams (in pdf file format):
Sample Exam 1Answer
Sample Exam 2Answer
Sample Exam 3A NEW PRACTICE PROBLEM SET for you to work on April 27th and May 1st
Sample Final Exam

6.
Weekly homework assignment (frequently updated, check often) 

Homework is due at the end of lecture on the due date, no late homework is accepted. Homework grade is based on correctness of your solution. 

7.
Grading policy 
Homework + Attendance: 20+10=30 percent, 
Midterm 1: 20 percent, 
Midterm 2: 20 percent, 
Final: 30 percent.
A: 90 -100, B: 80-90, C:70-80, D: 60-70, F: 0 - 59.