MAT258: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra

 

 

 

 

University of Maine, Fall 2008

Instructor:  Jerry Farlow, 332 Neville    (farlow@math.umaine.edu)

Text:  Differential Equations & Linear Algebra by Farlow, Hall, McDill, and West.

 

 NOTE:  Don't buy the book new (costs $133).  You can go online and buy the book used for $5.41 at http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?author=farlow .   This is the cheapest I've found but there are others that sell it "good used" for $39. 

 Syllabus: click here

 

  

Good Links for Differential Equations

1.   MathWorld   This is a great website to learn about almost any topic in mathematics, both elementary and advanced.   Bookmark it on your favorites list of your browser.

 

 

2.   Plotting surfaces using the CAS program Maple  This website gives a tutorial for plotting three-dimension surfaces using the program Maple.  Maple is on the computers in the math lab in 116 Neville.

 

3.   Another tutorial for plotting surfaces with Maple  The computers in Room 116 Neville Hall have Maple on them.  Simply click on the Maple icon and open a new page (file/new).  Then enter the commands similar to the ones on this webpage.  You can print out this page for reference.

 

4.   Online math tools   This is a nice java site that lets you perform a variety of mathematical operations online.  

 

 5.   Calculus software  If you have MATLAB or MABLE installed on your computer you can go to this site and get calculus packages.

 

6.   Free software package for mathematics   This is a nice package that will do many mathematical operations.

 

7.   Online graphing in 3d   This website allows you to graph functions of 2 variables online.

 

 8.  Free graphing program   I haven't used it but it looks pretty good. It graphs surfaces z = f(x,y) as well as curves in 3D etc.

 

 9:   MIT Differential Equations    MIT has a differential equations course online; you can check out the lecture notes for the class.

 

10.   MATH TYPE   This is a great program for $57 (academic) that will allow you to type professional looking mathematical documents.   You can enter any mathematical symbol right into your MS Word documents.

 

11.  Math Equations is a great starting point to many good math links.   Good links to differential equations.