APMA 0340: Methods of Applied Mathematics II

Spring Semester 2011

Instructor: Toan T. Nguyen

 

General Information

 

Instructor

Assistant Professor Toan T. Nguyen
Office  Room 328 in 182 George Street
Phone (401) 863-2114
Email Toan_Nguyen@Brown.edu
Office hours Tuesdays 9-10am and Thursdays 1:00pm–2:00pm
Class meetings MWF 12:00–12:50pm in Kassar/Foxboro (in Math. department)

 
Announcements
Handouts
Homework Assignments

Homework will be handed out on Fridays and be collected on the following Fridays of most weeks (except those in which there is a midterm exam or Spring recess).

HW sets # HW problems (open pdf files if necessary) Due dates and solutions
1
 due Feb 4    solutions
2
 due Feb 11  solutions
3
 due Feb 18  solutions (handwriting)
4
Assignment #4, problems 3,5,6,7,8 in the pdf file
 due Feb 25 solutions to review problems, plus some pictures
5
 due Mar 11 solutions
6
 due Mar 18 solutions
7
 due Mar 25 solutions to the review sheet, plus some pictures, and here is the solution to the set #7
8
 due April 15 solutions
9
 due April 22 solutions
10
 due April 27 solutions

 

NOTE: Late homework will not be accepted.

Recitations and MRC information

My teaching assistants this semester are as follows:

Teaching assistants Heyrim Cho Erich Owens
Email Heyrim_Cho@brown.edu Erich_Owens@brown.edu
Office Room 005 (37 Manning); (401)-863-1594 Room 019 (182 George); (401)-863-3046
Recitation info

Mondays 6-7pm, Room 301, Wilson

Wednesdays 2-3pm, Room 309, Wilson

Tuesdays 4-5pm at room 141, B&H building

Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm Room 104, 37 Manning
TA's office hours Wednesdays 3-4pm and Fridays 10-11am Mondays 1-2pm and Fridays 3-4pm

 

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%

Friday Feb 25 in class
Midterm 2
20%

Friday Mar 25 in class
Final exam
40%

Thursday, May 12th, 9-12pm

 

NOTE: I will not grade "on the curve". I give grades As, Bs, Cs, or Fails based on:

Grade

Percentages to aim for
A

89 - 100 %
B

77 - 88%
C

65 - 76%
Fail

< 65%
Textbook

 

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