Math 220


Instructor: N. Jones, SEO 410


Textbook: "Fundamentals of Differential Equations" (8th edition) by Nagle, Saff and Snider

Schedule of classes:
MTR 9:00 am - 11:55 am in LCC1, plus discussion sections F 9:00 am - 11:55 am (location depends on which discussion section you are enrolled in).

Office hours of N. Jones: Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon - 1:00 pm in SEO 410

Course syllabus available here

Calculator policy: Calculators will not be permitted on exams or quizzes.

Exam dates:

Midterm 1: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Midterm 2: Thursday, June 2, 2016
Final Exam: Friday, June 10, 2016

Suggested homework problems (quizzes will be heavily based on these problems, so I strongly advise you to work through them).

Section 1.1: 1-10, 15.
Section 1.2: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 20.
Section 1.3: 1, 5, 7.
Section 1.4: 1, 7, 9*, 11*.

Section 2.2: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 18, 23.
Section 2.3: 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23.
Section 2.4: 9, 11, 18, 21, 24, 29.

Section 3.2: 1, 2, 5, 9.
Section 3.4: 1, 2, 7, 8, 24.

Section 4.1: 1, 2, 4, 5.
Section 4.2: 1, 3, 6, 13, 16, 19, 28, 30.
Section 4.3: 2, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 23, 26.
Section 4.4: 1, 2, 7, 10, 12, 19, 27, 30.
Section 4.5: 1, 5, 13, 17, 19, 26, 28, 43.
Section 4.6: 1, 4, 9.
Section 4.7: 9, 12, 16, 19, 21, 36, 37, 38, 45, 47.

Section 7.2: 3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 17.
Section 7.3: 6, 7, 9, 13, 16, 21, 25.
Section 7.4: 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
Section 7.5: 1, 4, 7, 8, 11, 17, 23.
Section 7.6: 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 26.
Section 7.8: 3, 7, 9, 13, 18, 23, 29.

Section 5.2: 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 19, 25.

Section 10.2: 1, 5, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22.
Section 10.3: 1-6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15.
Section 10.4: 1-6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15.
Section 10.5: 2, 6, 9, 10, 14.
Section 10.6: 1, 3, 7, 8.

Quiz solutions:

Solutions to Quiz 1

Solutions to Quiz 2

Solutions to Quiz 3

Solutions to Quiz 4

Solutions to Quiz 5

Solutions to Quiz 6

Solutions to Quiz 7

Solutions to Quiz 8

Solutions to Quiz 9

Solutions to Quiz 10



Solutions to Midterm 1

Solutions to Midterm 2

Solutions to a previously given Final Exam (courtesy of A. Austin)



The final grade for the course will consist of:
  • 20% Quizzes
  • 20% Midterm 1
  • 20% Midterm 2
  • 40% Final Exam