Text: Ordinary Differential Equations (4th ed., New York: Wiley, 1989) by Garrett Birkhoff and Gian-Carlo Rota

Optional references:
1. Differential Equations : theory and applications by Ray Redheffer with Dan Port (on reserve in the library)
2. Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems, Fifth Edition, by C. Henry Edwards and David E. Penney (on reserve in the library)

Webpage: http://math.mit.edu/18.034

Problem sets: There will be weekly homework sets, which are given out Fridays in lecture and are available on the course web page. Assignments will be due on a Friday by noon at UMO 2-106; Your recitation leader will have the graded problem sets available for you the next week after they have been turned in. Late homeworks are strongly discouraged.

Attempt each part of each problem yourself. In case of collaboration, write up each problem independently, and write on your problem set whom you consulted and the sources you used.

Exams: Two one-hour exams given during class periods plus a three-hour final during final week. The one-hour exams will take place in 2-136.

Grading: Problem sets, hour exams, and final exam will be weighted approximately 20%, 40%, and 40%, respectively, in the determination of the course grade.

Questions: Concerns about homework, grading, exams: see your recitation instructor. Changing recitations, other: see 2-108.

Announcements:
(May 12, 2008)
Practice final exam is posted.
Answer key to Problem set 10 is posted.
(May 14, 2008)
Answer key to Practice final exam is posted.

Problem sets:
Problem set 1
Problem set 2
Problem set 3
Problem set 4
Problem set 5
Problem set 6
Problem set 7
Problem set 8
Problem set 9
Problem set 10

Answer keys:
Answer key to Problem set 1
Answer key to Problem set 2
Answer key to Problem set 3
Answer key to Problem set 4
Answer key to Problem set 5
Answer key to Problem set 6
Answer key to Problem set 7
Answer key to Problem set 8
Answer key to Problem set 9
Answer key to Problem set 10

Midterms:
Answer key to Exam 1
Answer key to Exam 2

Final exam:
The final exam will be held on Thursday, May 22 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NOON in 32-144. No notes, books, or calculators will be allowed.
Practice final exam
Answer key to Practice final exam

Supplementary material:
1. 18.03 , Spring 2006, Supplementary Notes by Prof. Haynes Miller
2. 18.034 , Spring 2007, Lecture Notes by Dr. Vera Hur
ooNote the typos in the lecture note LT1 in Eqs. (1) and (2).
3. d'AIMP Java applets

Syllabus:
syllabus.pdf