In this shortened week of Fall Break we halt our headlong rush through new material to consolidate and assess what we have learned in the first six weeks of the course. The major themes thus far have been
Our group activity on Wednesday focuses on review of several of these themes in the context of a new problem. This is preparation for the take-home test, which will be handed out at the end of class and turned in at the start of Friday's lab.
Lab this week picks up on last week's study of nonhomogeneous linear equations, that is, equations with a "driving" or "forcing" term which is an explicit function of time t. In particular, we will explore the phenomenon of resonance.
Here is the syllabus for Week 7:
Week 7 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
W | 10/14 | Review | Ch. 1-3 | Start Take-Home Test 1 |
F | 10/16 | Nonhomogeneous linear DEs |
Take-Home Test 1 due Lab: Forced Spring Motion |
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Last modified: July 14, 1998