MATH 150: Introduction to ODEs(Fall
2003)
TTH 9:30--10:20am, Room LTC
Instructor: Mo Mu
Rm3443, x7446
e-mail
http://www.math.ust.hk/~mamu
Office Hours: TTH 10:30 - 11:30 am
Teaching Assistant: Kwok Hiu Fung, e-mail: maroger
Course Description
First and second order equations, Laplace transform method, numerical
solution of initial value problems, boundary value problems, series solutions.
Course Material
Textbook:
Boyce and DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary
Value Problems, 7th Ed., Wiley
Course Work and Grading Policy
There will be one midterm test and one final exam. The final exam
covers all the material taught in the entire semester. Homeworks will be
assigned and graded for helping students digest course content, but not
counted as marks. Please submit homeworks to your TA as instructed by the
TA.
The grading is based on the midterm test (30%) and final exam (70%).
The final grades will be assigned according to the Academic Regulation
and based on the university suggested relative scale combined with the
minimum requirements of satisfaction to ensure the academic standards.
After grading the midterm and final exam papers, we will let students
check their graded papers by certain deadline to be announced. After the
deadline passed, there will be no more questions and disagreements about
the marks. Students should fully accept the grades based on the marks.
Hope you enjoy this course. Thank you very
much!
Last Revised: 1
Sept. 2003