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Department of Mathematics
MATHS 260 - Differential Equations




2007, Semester 1

Lecturer: Dr Allison Heard





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Welcome to the homepage for Maths 260. Material relevant to this course (e.g., lecture handouts, assignment sheets) will be posted on this page as the semester progresses - just follow the links on the left.

The course guide contains a lot of useful and important information about the course. Please read it carefully.

The course will be taught in 3 hours of lectures and one tutorial per week.

The lectures will be at 11:00 - 12:00 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

On Monday there will be a tutorial class, starting from Week 2.


This textbook is Differential Equations, by P. Blanchard, R. Devaney and G. Hall (First,second or third edition), and the course makes extensive use of the book. It costs about $145 new, after student discount. There may also be second hand copies of the text available. It is also on short loan in the library.

Mid-semester test question sheet
Sample solutions for mid-semester test

Solution to Q5 of 05S (as started in class on Friday - but a mistake)
For extra notes on harmonic oscillator see under Lecture Notes.

Matlab script for forced harmonic oscillator

Short answers for 05S and 06F exams (amended 26 October, 2006F Q2b amended 27 October)

Office hours for exam break: 2-3pm on Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th, Friday 27th October
Email a.heard@auckland.ac.nz for an appointment at other times, or just come to my office (Room 414). -->






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