Math 451 Homework Assignments Spring, 2018
Math 451 Homework Assignments Spring, 2018
(Subject to change: check web page for each week’s assignment)
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:30-3:00 p.m., and by appointment.
Book: Mark H. Holmes, Introduction to the Foundations of Applied Mathematics. Springer, 2009
John Burns, Introduction to the Calculus of Variations and Control with Modern Applications. Chapman and Hall, 2013
Available as ebooks from the NCSU library.
Homework handed in should be written carefully.
| HOMEWORK | |||
| HW # | Due date | Problems | |
| 1/11 | Read sections 6.1 – 6.4 | ||
| 1 | 1/18 | Chap. 6: problems 6.1 – 6.5. Read sections 6.5-6.7. Hand in problems 6.2abcd, 6.5af. | |
| 2 | 1/25 | Read 6.6–6.8. Problems: 6.10, 6.11 | |
| 3 | 2/1 | Read sections 8.1 to 8.3. Problems,page 394: 8.1, 8.2 (a-d) | |
| 4 | 2/8 |
Read sections 8.4 to 8.6. Problems, page 395: 8.6, 8.7. | |
| 2/15 | No homework due; get started on Chapter 9 reading sections 9.1, 9.2 | ||
| 5 | 2/22 | Read sections 9.3, 9.4. Problems 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | |
| 6 | 3/1 | TEST 1 old test for practice | |
| 7 | 3/5-9 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/15 | No homework due. | ||
| 8 | 3/22 | Chapter 9, problems 9.4, 9.5, 9.6. Notes on homework | |
| 9 | 3/29 | Kinematic BC HW | |
| 10 | 4/10 | Calculus of Variations | |
| 4/12 | Second Test. | ||
Final Exam: Thursday, May 3rd, 1:00 – 4:00.