HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

1. hmwk1.ps, hmwk1.pdf due 09/03/10.
2. hmwk2.ps, hmwk2.pdf due 09/13/10.
3. hmwk3.ps, hmwk3.pdf due 09/21/10.
4. hmwk4.ps, hmwk4.pdf due 09/27/10.
5. hmwk5.ps, hmwk5.pdf due 10/04/10.
6. hmwk6.ps, hmwk6.pdf due 10/15/10.
7. hmwk7.ps, hmwk7.pdf due 10/22/10.
8. hmwk8.ps, hmwk8.pdf due 10/29/10.
9. hmwk9.ps, hmwk9.pdf due 11/10/10.
10. hmwk10.ps, hmwk10.pdf due 11/17/10.
11. hmwk11.ps, hmwk11.pdf due 11/29/10.
12. hmwk12.ps, hmwk12.pdf due 12/08/10.

RELATED READINGS FROM THE RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK (AND FROM OTHER REFERENCES)

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Syllabus
• ICON
• Textbook (recommended): Nonlinear Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (second Edition) by Ferdinand Verhulst, Springer, Series: Universitext, 303 pages, Softcover, Corr. 2nd printing, 1996, ISBN-10: 3540609342, ISBN-13: 978-3540609346, list price: $49.95. Library reference: Physics Library QA372 .V48513 1996. Table of contents. Erratum. The book on amazon.com.
• The Theory of Differential Equations: Classical and Qualitative by Walter G. Kelley and Allan C. Peterson, Springer, Series: Universitext, Vol. 278, 424 pages, Softcover, 2nd edition, 2010, ISBN-10: 1441957820, ISBN-13: 978-1441957825, list price: $69.95. The book on amazon.com. Electronic version.
• Differential Equations: Theory and Applications by Davis Betounes, Springer, 2nd edition, 2010, 620 pages, Hardcover, ISBN-10: 1441911626, ISBN-13: 978-1441911629, list price: $79.95. Library reference: Engineering Library QA371.5.D37 B47 2010. The book on amazon.com. Electronic version.
• Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, a free electronic textbook by Gerald Teschl.
• Some notes and references on dynamical systems

MATLAB

• Free electronic textbook Numerical Computing with MATLAB by Cleve Moler himself!, the founder of Matlab.
• Matlab Help is available directly from the Help menu of the Matlab window.
• An excellent book on Matlab: MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications by Amos Gilat.
• A Very Elementary MATLAB Tutorial, MATLAB Tutorials from Other Universities, MATLAB & Simulink Tutorials, MATLAB Homework Helper, all presented by Mathworks, Inc., producers of Matlab.
• Crash Course in MATLAB by Tobin Driscoll, University of Delaware.
• Some Matlab tutorials from Edward Neuman
• Matlab tutorial - University of New Hampshire
• Matlab tutorial - University of British Columbia
• Matlab tutorial - University of Florida
• MATLAB Online Reference Documentation provides direct hypertext links to specific MATLAB function descriptions (from the Math Dept, University of Florida).
• Matlab Primer (ps) (for an earlier version of Matlab)
• Matlab 5 introduction (ps, see also html)
• MATLAB Guide by D. J. Higham and N. J. Higham, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2005 (ENGINEERING QA297 .H5217 2005)
• Introduction to Engineering Programming: in C, MATLAB and JAVA by Mark A. Austin.
• A good book on Matlab: Matlab: An Introduction with Applications by A. Gilat, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley, 2008, ISBN-10: 0470108770, ISBN-13: 978-0470108772 (ENGINEERING QA297 .G48 2008)
• Matlab for first order ODEs
• Matlab for higher order ODEs and systems of ODEs
• Matlab for PDEs

MAPLE

• The Waterloo Maple website
• An introduction to Maple
• A short introduction to Maple (pdf) by Tom Branson.
• Maple V by Example
• Another Maple tutorial
• Another Maple overview

LINUX COMPUTER ACCOUNTS

• Linux computer accounts will be made available on the Linux network in MLH (computer lab rooms B5 and 301). You can also use the NoMachine NX Client Windows software to access your Linux computer account remotely.
• Selected Unix commands.
• Class directory: /group/class/m_142. Group you belong to: m_142.
• If you do not know your password go to 303A MLH.
• Accounts for students who are not majoring in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics and Actuarial Science will be deleted after the term has ended! Note the expiration date at the top of your Unix Account Information form.
• The directory for this class will be removed before the beginning of the next term! If there is anything in this directory that you would like to save, you must archive it to your own home directory.
• Getting Started in the Division of Mathematical Sciences

TEACHING ASSISTANT

• Jason M. Graham, e-mail: jmgraham@math.uiowa.edu. 325L MLH. Phone: 335-3792. Office hours: 10:30AM-11:30AM TThF.