Mathematics 23, Winter 2006

General Information

 

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Instructor: Vladimir Chernov

Contact information: My office is 414 Bradley Hall. You can also contact me by telephone (603) 646 2421, or by e.mail (preferred)  vladimir.chernov@dartmouth.edu

Office hours: Monday 10–11:30 AM, Wednesday 4:30-6 PM, Friday 5-6:30 PM and by appointment. I am very flexible with appointments, so do not hesitate to schedule one if needed.

Lectures: This course meets Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 1:45-2:50 PM in Carson L02, X-period is Thursday 1 -1:50 PM. We will try to use the X-hour as rarely as possible. If we meet during the X-hour this will be announced

Textbook: “Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems” by William E. Boyce and Richard C. Di Prima, eighth edition .Available at Wheelock Books.

Grade:

Two Midterm exams

 100 points each (200 points total)

Final exam 

 150 points

Homework

 100 points

Total 

 450 points

 

Tutorials: Tutorial sessions will be held on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 pm - 9 pm in Bradley 101. The first tutorial is on Thursday January 5.

Tutor: Annalies Vuong

 

Exams:

There will be two midterm examinations and a final examination. These exams are scheduled as follows:
 

Midterm Exam 1

Monday January 30

6 pm - 8 pm

  Bradley 101

Midterm Exam 2

Monday February 20

6 pm - 8 pm 

  Bradley 101

Final Exam

Sunday March 12

11:30 am – 2:30 pm

 

  Silsby  28

 

The registrar office schedules the final exam. Do not  make plans to leave Hanover before March 12 Exams will not be given early to accommodate travel plans.

Homework:

Regular homework will be assigned at every lecture and it will be collected at the first lecture of the following week. The homework assignment will be posted at http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~m23w06/Homework.html

Late Homework will not be accepted (except for emergency cases).

Unexcused late and missing homework counts zero.

Honor policy:

On Exams: No help given or received. Calculators are not allowed.

On Homework: Collaboration is permitted and encouraged, but NO COPYING .

Students with disabilities:

Students with learning, physical, or psychiatric disabilities enrolled in this course that may need disability-related classroom accommodations are encouraged to make an office appointment to see me before the end of the second week of the term. All discussions will remain confidential, although the Student Disability Services office may be consulted to discuss appropriate implementation of any accommodation requested. At such a meeting please provide me with a copy of a disability registration form, which lists the accommodations recommended for the student by Student Disability Services within the Academic Skills Center http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/disability/index.html The person you might want to contact at the Academic Skills center is the Student Disabilities (504) Coordinator Cathy Trueba 301 Collis Center - (603) 646-2014