Math 271 - Differential Equations - Summer 2013


Instructor: Dr. Nathan Reff
Email: reff at alfred dot edu
Office: Myers Hall 109B
Phone: 607.871.2818
Textbook: Differential Equations with Boundary-Value Problems, 8 th Ed., by D. Zill and W. Wright. (ISBN: 9781111827069)
Syllabus: pdf

Class Material
  • Homework
  • Quiz Solutions
  • Example: series solution about an ordinary point
  • Test 1 Solutions
  • Test 2 Solutions

  • Prerequisite Resources
  • Calculus I Integrals/Derivatives and Calculus I Formula Sheet.
  • Alfred University Calculus Initiative (AUCI) - Calculus I Website.
  • AUCI - Geometric Formulas, Graphs of Common Functions, Precalculus Concepts/Formulas, Calculus I Derivatives and Intergrals.
  • AUCI - Introduction to the TI-84 .

  • Additional Resources
  • Differential Equations @Alfred - Fall 2013
  • Ordinary Differential Equations @Binghamton - Fall 2011
  • Differential Equations (Spring 2010) @ MIT (Has video lectures)
  • Differential Equations (Fall 2011) @ MIT (Has video lectures)
  • Single Variable Calculus (Fall 2010) @ MIT (Has video lectures)
  • Single Variable Calculus (Fall 2006) @ MIT (Has video lectures)
  • Single Variable Calculus (Fall 2005) @ MIT
  • Video Calculus @ University of Houston (Has video lectures)
  • Operation Mother Hen @ University at Buffalo (Has video lectures)
  • Calculus by Gilbert Strang @ MIT OCW.
  • Video lectures for Analytic Geometry and Calculus I @ NCSU
  • The Math Forum @ Drexel has a large database of calculus resources.
  • Calculus on the Web (COW) is maintained Temple University.
  • The Calculus Page contains many sample problems.
  • University of British Columbia's calculus online homepage.
  • Math Tutorials @ Harvey Mudd College.
  • WolframAlpha.
  • The Calculus Lifesaver by Adrian Banner (Princeton)