18.03: Differential Equations (Spring 2012)

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General information:

Lecturer Professor Haynes Miller (hrm@math.mit.edu, 3-7569)
Course Admin Joel Lewis (jblewis@math.mit.edu, 3-4086)
Texts (1) Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems, Edwards and Penney, 6th edition.
(2) 18.03: Differential Equations Notes and Exercises, available here.
(3) Supplementary notes, available here. (Note: these are more up-to-date than the versions available on OCW.)
Lectures Mon, Wed, Fri at 1:00 and 2:00 in room 10-250
Recitations Tue and Thu. See Stellar for more information.
Course info See this document (PDF). Course syllabus is available here (PDF).
Office Hours Professor Miller -- Wed. 3:15-5:00 pm in room 2-237.
Course admin -- by appointment.
Recitation instructors -- see this page for information.
Tutoring Try the Math Learning Center MTWR 3-5 and 7:30-9:30.

Handouts and other useful links:

  • Course info (PDF) and syllabus (PDF).
  • 10 essential 18.03 skills (PDF).
  • Piazza, the 18.03 discussion forum.
  • Crosslinks, a wiki of ideas from MIT subjects and how they connect.
  • OCW has past versions of 18.03 including the new 18.03SC

    • Announcements:

  • (February 12) Responses from Professor Miller to the first student feedback forms are available here (PDF).
  • (February 8) If you are available to wash boards for both 18.03 lectures -- so be ready at 12:55 and again at 1:55 -- and want the want the work, please email Prof Miller, hrm@math.mit.edu. Update: position is filled.
  • (February 2) There WILL BE recitations held on Tuesday, February 7.
    Professor Miller's office hours on Wednesday, February 8 will be shorter than usual, from 4:30-5 in 2-237. (In the future, they will run from 3:15-5, as listed on the course webpage.)
    Answers to some FAQ:
    1) If you need to change lecture times, please contact Galina in the MAS (room 2-108).
    2) You will be able to switch recitation sections on Stellar beginning Monday, February 6.
    3) The 5th edition of the textbook is equivalent content-wise. However, problems and problem numbering may be different, so you'll need access to a copy of the 6th edition for p-sets. (Same probably true of, e.g., 4th edition or international edition.)