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MTH-264 Week 6 (February 9-15)

Our Wednesday, February 12 session was cancelled to for inclement weather.
The content from Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, and 3.1 is covered in the following videos from a previous online MTH-264 course.

recommended: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
return to plotting and correcting a course
more excel-ent advice
special examples
- the van der pol equation
- the swaying skyscraper
  - the p-delta effect
more comments on existence and uniqueness of solutions

recommended: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
we assume that every member of a population is either S[usceptible], I[nfected], or R[ecovered]
members of the population move from one group to another according to varying assumptions
numerical analysis
phase plane analysis
analytic description
this basic model can form the basis for more complicated models used in practice

Deadlines and File Submission
- Submit your assessment as a single PDF file to the Assessment Folder inside your assigned Google Drive folder by 11:59pm on the date indicated.
- No late assessments are accepted. If you have a conflict with a deadline, contact me before the deadline.
- Solutions are posted under these links after the deadline.
Homework
- due Wednesday, February 12: 2.1 - 16 alt, 2.2 - 12 alt, 16 alt, 2.3 - 4 alt, 8 alt
- due Wednesday, February 19: (none)
- due Wednesday, February 26: 2.4 - 13 alt, 2.5 - 5 alt, 2.7 - 10 alt, 3.1 - 25 alt
Exams
- Wednesday, February 19: Exam 1
  - Exam 1 (preview) (solutions)
  - Exam 1 covers sections 1.1-1.9, 2.1-2.3
  - A preview will be released by 10:59pm on Wednesday, February 12 and Exam 1 will be written in class from 7:00pm-9:00pm on Wednesday, February 19.