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Eq and Lin Alg
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Problems
from Midterms and Finals
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Section 1.2
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First-order
linear differential equations |
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Section 1.4
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Separable equations
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Section 1.9
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Exact
equations,
and why we cannot solve very many differential equations
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Section 1.10 (opt)
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The
existence-uniqueness theorem; Picard iteration |
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Section 2.1 |
Algebraic
properties of solutions |
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Section 2.2
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Linear equations with constant coefficients |
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Section 2.3
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The
nonhomogeneous equation |
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Section 2.4 (opt)
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The
method of variation of parameters |
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Section 2.5
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The method
of judicious guessing |
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Section 2.8 (opt)
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Series solutions |
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Section 3.1
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Algebraic properties of solutions of linear
systems (part 1)
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Section
3.1 |
Algebraic properties of solutions of linear
systems (part 2 - Systems) |
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Section 3.2
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Vector spaces |
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Section 3.3
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Dimension of a
vector space |
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Section 3.4
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Applications of linear
algebra to differential equations |
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Section 3.5
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The theory of
determinants |
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Section 3.6
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Solutions
of simultaneous linear equations |
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Section 3.7
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Linear
transformations (systems)
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Section 3.7 |
Linear
transformations (transformations)
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Section 3.7 |
Linear
transformations (independence, basis, dimension, span)
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Section 3.8
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The eigenvalue-eigenvector method of
finding solutions |
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Section 3.9
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Complex roots |
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Section 3.10
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Equal roots |
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Section 3.11
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Fundamental
matrix solutions; eAt |
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Section 4.1
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Introduction |
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Section 4.2
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Stability of
linear systems |
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Section 4.4
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The phase-plane |
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Section 4.7
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Phase
portraits of linear systems |
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Section 5.1
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Two point
boundary-value problems |
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Section 5.3
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The
heat equation; separation of variables |
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Section 5.4
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Fourier series |
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Section 5.5
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Even and odd
functions |
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Section 5.6
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Return to the
heat equation |