### Math 322 General Information

Spring 2018
Instructor: David Perkinson (schedule)

Course Description: Full course for one semester. An introduction to the theory of ordinary differential equations. Existence and uniqueness theorems, global behavior of solutions, qualitative theory, numerical methods. Prerequisite: Mathematics 202. Lecture-conference. Offered in alternate years.

Text: Differential equations and dynamical systems, by Lawrence Perko.

Office Hours: Monday, 1:00–2:00pm, Wednesday, 1:00–2:00pm, Thursday, 2:30–3:30pm, or by appointment. To see times that may be available for an appointment, see my schedule.

Math Help Center and tutoring: Student tutors are available to help you on SMTWTh evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 in L389. Individual tutoring is also available.

Homework: There will generally one homework assignment each week, due at the beginning of class on Friday. The assignments appear on our homepage, usually on the preceding Sunday. Homework will be returned by Wednesday of each week. The grade will have two components: This first is on the correctness of the mathematics and is graded on the following scale:

    5 - perfect
4 - minor mistakes
3 - major mistake, right idea
2 - wrong but contains a significant idea
1 - wrong but contains a relevant idea
0 - none of the above

NG - not graded
The second component is for the quality of your writing: Are you using complete sentences? Is the solution neatly presented? (If you have trouble with handwriting, like me, you should consider TeX-ing your solutions.) The second component is graded with ✓-, ✓, or ✓+. These designate: "unacceptable", "fine", and "outstanding", respectively. The latter two of these will count the same as part of a final grade.