COURSE:  Advanced Calculus for Applications I,  M427K  #55165,    Fall 2011
------   TTh 11:00-12:30, CPE 2.208, attendance is mandatory.

PREREQUISITES: M408D or M408L or M408S, with a grade of at least C-
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TEXT:    Boyce and DiPrima, "Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary
----     Value Problems", 9th edition.

SYLLABUS:  Ch.  2: 1st Order Differential Equations                (5 days)
--------   Ch.3,4: Higher Order Linear Equations                   (5 days)
           Ch.  5: Series Solutions of 2nd Order Linear Equations  (5 days)
           Ch.  7: Systems of 1st Order Linear Equations           (2 days)
           Ch.  6: The Laplace Transform                           (3 days)
           Ch. 10: Partial Diff. Equations and Fourier series      (5 days)

INSTRUCTOR: Hans Koch, Office Hours TTh 2:30-4:00, and by appointment
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GRADING:  Letter grades  (A,A-,B+,...,D-,F)  will be given for | 93 -100 A
-------   each exam, but number grades  (100,99,..,2,1,0) will | 89 - 92 A-
          be kept for averaging.  The course grade is obtained | 85 - 88 B+
          by averaging the number grades of the 4 exams and of | 81 - 84 B
          the quizzes.  Each student may replace  the grade of | 77 - 80 B-
          ONE exam by the grade of one of the following exams. | 73 - 76 C+
                                                               | 69 - 72 C
HOMEWORK  problems will be posted on Wednesdays.               | 65 - 68 C-
--------  Homework is NOT graded or even collected, but ...    | 61 - 64 D+
QUIZZES   are given in the TA sessions, roughly every 2 weeks, | 57 - 60 D
-------   consisting of  slightly modified  homework problems. | 53 - 56 D-
          The quizzes contribute 10% to the class grade.       |  0 - 52 F                      

EXAMS:  Three 70 minute  in-class  (Exams 1,2,3) | Exam 1  (Th Sep 22)  21%   ---> 24%  see "CHANGES" below
-----   and a 120 minute Final (Exam 4, 9-11 am) | Exam 2  (Tu Oct 18)  22%   ---> 13%  see "CHANGES" below
        The exams  are mostly  on new  material. | Exam 3  (Th Nov 10)  23%   ---> 26%  see "CHANGES" below
        Books,  calculators,  or  notes  are not | Exam 4  (Tu Dec 13)  24%   ---> 27%  see "CHANGES" below
        allowed. No make-up exams will be given. | Quizzes              10%

CHANGES: See http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M427K/midterm2.html
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MORE INFO: See the class web page http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M427K/
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