APMA 0360: Methods of Applied Mathematics II

Spring 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 Fridays 10-11am
Class meetings MWF 12:00–12:50pm at Watson (CIT) Center 227

 

Announcements
  • Class begins on Wednesday, Jan 25th
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 and solutions
1
due Feb 3; solutions
2
due Feb 10; solutions
3
due Feb 17; solutions
4
due Feb 24; solutions
5
No homework assignment
6
due Mar 9; solutions
7
due Mar 16; ; solutions
8
due Mar 23; solutions
9
No homework assignment
10
Spring recess
11
due April 13; solutions
12
due April 20; solutions
13
due April 27; solutions
14
due May 2
Recitations and MRC information

My teaching assistants this semester are as follows:

Teaching assistants Andrew Nixon Mohsen Zayernouri
Email Andrew_Nixon@brown.edu mohsen_zayernouri@brown.edu
Office    
Recitation info Mondays 3-5pm, room 102A at 180 George Street Tuesdays 4-6pm, BH 723
TA's office hours Tuesdays 12-2pm, room 005 at 182 George street Thursdays 4-6pm, BH 723

 

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 February 24, in class

Midterm 2
20%

Wednesday April 4th, in class

Final exam
40%

Wednesday, May 9th, 9-12pm

 

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.