Revised May 4

Course grades are now available here.
 

1. My office is 422 Carver, and the phone number there is 294-8136; I can also be reached via e-mail at lieb@iastate.edu . (This is the best way to get in touch with me.) My office hours are 10-12 Monday and Friday, and 10-11 Tuesday. If you can't make these office hours, either make an appointment or take your chances. I'm usually in my office between 9 and 12 and between 2 and 4 every day (except, of course when I am teaching: Tuesday and Thursday 8 to 9:15 and 2:10 to 3:25). This information sheet, along with up-to-date information, can be found at www.math.iastate.edu/lieb/385/info.html .
2. The textbook for this course is Boundary Value Problems, Fourth Edition by David L. Powers. We will cover Chapters 1 through 5.
3. The course will be graded based on three in-class exams (scheduled for February 13, covering Chapters 1 and 2; March 8, covering Chapters 3 and 4; and April 17, covering Chapter 5), one final exam (May 3, place to be announced, covering the entire course), and weekly homework assignments. The three in-class exams are 40% of your grade, the final is 25% and homework is 35%. Grades will be based on your total points. Approximate cut-offs are 88% = A, 77% = B, 66% = C, 55% = D. Adjustments to this scale (such as plus/minus grades) will be made at the instructor's discretion.
4. Homework assignments will be posted on the web  along with a due date. Typically there will be one assignment per week. Late homework will be accepted but with a 10% penalty.
5. Here is the evaluation that I promised in class on January 30.
6. I have now posted copies of some of my old Math 385 exams. Before giving the links, I want to point out that they are supposed to be fifty minute exams. Also, problems 3 and 5 on Exam 1 cover material which won't be on our exam and so does problem 2 on Exam 2. You should recognize that problem 2 on Exam is similar to a problem that might show up on Tuesday's exam.

Link to Exam 1
Link to Exam 2
Link to Exam 3
Link to Final Exam
 Note that the questions on this Exam 3 do not match up exactly with the material on our Exam 3 .  (For example, our exam will include Legendre polynomials and problem 1 on the posted exam was actually covered on our Exam 2.)
 

Chapter 1 (Sections 1-5 only): January 9 through 16
Chapter 2 (Sections 1-9): January 18 through February 6
REVIEW February 8
HOUR EXAM February 13
Chapter 3 (Sections 1-4): February 15 through 22
Chapter 4 (Sections 1,2,4): February 27 through March 1
REVIEW March 6
HOUR EXAM March 8
  Chapter 5 (Sections 1-9): March 20 through April 12
  REVIEW April 17
  HOUR EXAM April 19
  Other topics TO BE ANNOUNCED April  24
COURSE REVIEW April 26
FINAL EXAM May 3, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Carver 4 (regular classroom)
 
 

January 9      Sections 1.1-1.2                                                                 March 20    Sections 5.1-5.2
January 11    Section 1.3                                                                         March 22    Section 5.3
January 16    Section 1.4-1.5                                                                   March 27    Sections 5.4-5.5
January 18    Sections 2.1-2.2                                                                  March 29    Section 5.6
January 23    Section 2.3                                                                          April 3        Section 5.7
January 25    Section 2.4                                                                         April 5        Section 5.8
January 30    Sections 2.5-2.6                                                                  April 10      Section 5.9
February 1    Sections 2.7-2.8                                                                   April 12       Section 5.9
February 6    Section 2.9                                                                          April 17       Review for third in-class exam
February 8    Review for first exam                                                          April 19       Third in-class exam (covering  Chapter 5)
February 13  First in-class exam (covering Chapters 1 and 2)                    April 24       TBA
February 15  Sections 3.1-3.2                                                                  April 26       Course review
February 20  Sections 3.2-3.3                                                                         May 3        FINAL EXAM     7:30  to 9:30 a.m. (in Carver 4)
February 22  Section 3.4
February 27  Sections 4.1-4.2
March 1       Section 4.4
March 6       Review for second in-class exam
March 8       Second in-class exam (covering Chapters 3 and 4)
March 12 thorugh March 16 SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!