Date	Sections of Text	Topics
Thursday, Aug. 24	1.1 - 1.2	Solutions and initial value problems
Tuesday, Aug. 29	1.3 - 1.4	Direction fields, Euler approximation
Thursday, Aug. 31	2.1 - 2.2	Separable equations
Tuesday, Sep. 5	2.3 - 2.4	First-order linear equations, Exact equations
Thursday, Sep. 7	pp. 34 - 36, 3.2, 3.4	Autonomous equations, phase line, applications, mechanics
Tuesday, Sep. 12	4.1 - 4.2	Second-order linear equations, homogeneous equation: characteristic polynomial, real roots
Thursday, Sep. 14	4.3	Homogeneous equation: complex roots
Tuesday, Sep. 19		Review
Thursday, Sep. 21		Test 1
Tuesday, Sep. 26	4.4 - 4.5	Undetermined coefficients, superposition principle
Thursday, Sep. 28	4.8 - 4.9	Mechanical vibrations
Tuesday, Oct. 3	lecture notes	Step functions, delta function, impulse response function, variation of parameters, transfer function, intro to Laplace transform
Thursday, Oct.5	7.1 - 7.2	Laplace transforms
Tuesday, Oct. 10	7.3 - 7.4	Properties of Laplace transforms, inverse Laplace transforms
Tuesday, Oct. 17	7.5	Solving initial value problems
Thursday, Oct. 19	7.6	Discontinuous and periodic functions
Tuesday, Oct. 24	7.7 - 7.8	Convolution and delta function
Thursday, Oct. 26		Review
Tuesday, Oct. 31		Test 2
Thursday, Nov. 2	9.1 - 9.2	Linear algebraic equations
Tuesday, Nov. 7	9.3 - 9.4	Matrices and vectors, linear systems
Thursday, Nov. 9	9.5 - 9.6	Characteristic polynomial, real eigenvalues, complex eigenvalues
Tuesday, Nov. 14	5.4, 12.2	Geometry of linear systems
Thursday, Nov. 16	5.5	Coupled mass-spring systems
Tuesday, Nov. 21	9.7, 12.1	Nonhomogeneous linear systems, phase plane for nonlinear systems
Tuesday, Nov. 28		Review
Thursday, Nov. 30		Test 3
Tuesday, Dec. 5	12.3 - 12.4	Linearization, energy methods
Thursday, Dec. 7		Review

The final exam is Thursday, Dec. 14, 8:00 - 11:00 a.m., in the usual room.

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