KXEX 2244

Ordinary Differential Equations

(part-2)
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Dr. Yap Hwa Jen

L7-R9, Block L (Engineering Tower)
+603-7967 5240 (direct)
+603 7967 5383/7625 (Office)
+603 7967 5317
hjyap737@um.edu.my /
jyap737@yahoo.com

At the end of the course, students are able to:

Classify ordinary differential equations (ODEs)
Verify solutions of ODEs
Solve linear ODEs analytically.
Solver linear ODEs in series form.

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Mode of Evaluation:
a) Continuous assessment = 40%

Test (10%) x 2
Tutorials/Quiz/Assignments (10%) x 2

b) Final Examination = 60%

Dr. Yap Hwa Jen

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya

Engineering Mathematics (7th Ed), K. Stroud & D.

Booth, Palgrave (2013).
Advanced Engineering Mathematics (10th Ed),
Erwin Kreyszig, John Wiley (2011).
Modern Engineering Mathematics (4th Ed), Glyn
James, Addison-Wesley (2010).
Schaums Outline of Differential Equations,
Schaums Outline Series (4th Ed), Richard Bronson
and Gabriel Costa (2014).

Dr. Yap Hwa Jen

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya

Week

Topics

Date

Linear ODEs of Higher Order, Linearly

Independent Solution, Wronskian,
Superposition

21-4-2015

Linear Homogeneous Equation with Constant

Coefficients. Lagranges reduction of order

28-4-2015

10

Nonhomogeneous linear equation, particular

solution

05-5-2015

Tutorial-A

11

Undetermined coefficients and variation of

parameters

12-5-2015

Tutorial-B

12

Euler-Cauchy, Power Series, test &

Convergence

*19-5-2015

Tutorial-C

13

TEST-2

26-5-2015

Tutorial-D
Test

14

Series solution (Ordinary point) and Frobenius

(singular point)

02-6-2015

Assignment

* Oversea trip, 18-29 May 2015

Remarks

Dr. Yap Hwa Jen

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya