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SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
I. First-order Differential Equations
1 Introduction

Separable Equations

Direction Fields
2 Isoclines

Models
3 Linear Equations
4 Autonomous Equations

The Phase Line
5 Complex Numbers

Complex Exponential
Problem set 1 due
6 Sinusoidal Functions
7 Sinusoidal System Response
8 Hour Exam I
II. Second-order Linear Equations
9 Solutions of Spring-mass-dashpot Models
10 Superposition

Initial Conditions
11 Damping Conditions

Inhomogeneous Equations
Problem set 2 due
12 Exponential Signals
13 Operator Notation and Undetermined Coefficients
14 Frequency Response Problem set 3 due
15 Resonance
16 Review
17 Hour Exam II
III. Delta Functions and Convolution
18 Step and Delta Functions
19 Impulse Response and Convolution
20 From Convolution to the Laplace Transform Problem set 4 due
IV. The Laplace Transform
21 Laplace Transform: Basic Properties
22 Application to ODEs

Partial Fractions
23 Completing the Square

Transforms of Delta and Time Translated Functions
Problem set 5 due
24 Convolution and Laplace Transform

The Pole Diagram
25 Numerical Methods
V. Fourier Series
26 Fourier Series
27 Differentiating and Integrating
28 General Period
29 Periodic Solutions Problem set 6 due
30 Review: Fourier, Euler, Laplace
31 Hour Exam III
VI. First-order Systems
32 Linear Systems and Matrices
33 Eigenvalues

Eigenvectors
34 Complex or Repeated Eigenvalues Problem set 7 due
35 Qualitative Behavior of Linear Systems
36 Normal Modes and the Matrix Exponential
37 Inhomogeneous Equations Problem set 8 due
38 Nonlinear Systems

The Phase Plane
39 Examples of Nonlinear Systems
40 Final Exam