APMA 0360: Methods of Applied Mathematics II

Fall Semester 2012

Instructor: Toan T. Nguyen

 

General Information

 

Instructor

Toan T. Nguyen

Office  Room 328 in 182 George Street
Phone (401) 863-2114
Email Toan_Nguyen@Brown.edu
Office hours Mondays 9-10am and Thursdays 11am-noon
Class meetings MWF 12:00–12:50pm at Barus & Holley 158

 

Announcements
  • Class begins on Wednesday, Sep 5th
Handouts
Homework Assignments

Homework will be handed out on Fridays and must be turned in by 4pm on the following Fridays in the designated Drop Box for this course in the Division of Applied Math (182 George street). Late homework will not be accepted.

 

HW sets # HW problems (open pdf files if necessary) Due dates
1
due Sep 14;
2
due Sep 21
3
due Sep 28
4
due Oct 5
5
due Oct 12
6
due Oct 19
7
due Oct 26
8
due Nov 5 (extended)
9
due Nov 16
10
due Nov 30
Thanksgiving
 
11
due Dec 7
12
due Dec 12
Recitations and MRC information

My teaching assistant this semester is Mohsen Zayernouri
TA Office Hours: Tuesdays 6 - 8pm, Wilson 301
TA Recitation Hours: Thursdays 6 - 8pm, Salomn 003

 

Besides coming to my office hours, students are strongly encouraged to come to TA recitations, TA office hours and the Math Resource Center for help.

The Math Resource Center:

Main page: http://www.math.brown.edu/mrc/

 

Grading policy

The grade is determined as follows by homework problems, two midterms, and a final exam:

 

Homework
20%

 

Midterm 1
20%

Wednesday Oct 3rd, in class

Midterm 2
20%

Wednesday Nov 7th, in class

Final exam
40%

Wednesday, December 19th, 9am-12pm, CIT 165

 

NOTE: I will not grade "on the curve".

Textbook

 

  • Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 9th edition, by W.E. Boyce and R.C. DiPrima, published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.