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Nov 23, 2024
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MA 380 - Advanced Differential Equations3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits Course Description This course presents the student with more powerful methods of solving differential equations. Topics include matrix methods for solution of systems of linear differential equations, open-form solutions of linear differential equations with variable coefficients using infinite series (including the method of Frobenius), and additional Laplace transform methods. (prereq: MA 235 , and MA 232 or MA 2323 ) Course Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Solve some linear systems of ordinary differential equations by Laplace transforms and differential operator methods including the Heaviside function, convolutions, Gamma functions, and periodic functions
- Solve some linear ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients near an ordinary point
- Solve some linear ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients near a regular singular point
- Solve systems of linear differential equations using matrix methods
Prerequisites by Topic
- Convergence status and interval of convergence of infinite series
- Power series manipulations using differentiation and integration
- Using Maclaurin and Taylor series to approximate functions
- Solution of higher-order linear homogeneous differential equations having constant coefficients
- Solution of non-homogeneous linear differential equations having constant coefficients using the methods of undetermined coefficients and variation of parameters
- Solution of linear differential equations using Laplace transforms
- Matrix operations such as row manipulations, matrix inversion, and solution of a system of equations using matrices
Course Topics
- Solution of differential equations using Laplace transforms
- Solution of linear differential equations near ordinary points and regular singular points
- Solution of systems of differential equations using matrix methods
Coordinator Dr. Bruce O’Neill
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