MATH 231 Differential Equations Units: 3.00
An introduction to ordinary differential equations and their applications. Intended for students concentrating in Mathematics or Statistics.
Learning Hours: 132 (36 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (MATH 110/6.0 or MATH 111/6.0* or MATH 212/3.0) and (MATH 120/6.0 or MATH 121/6.0 or MATH 124/3.0).
Exclusion MATH 225/3.0; MATH 226/3.0*; MATH 232/3.0*.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Solve and manipulate ordinary differential equations.
- Learn techniques to solve scalar first-order equations.
- Learn techniques to solve linear scalar higher-order equations.
- Learn techniques to solve linear vector first-order equations.
- Use qualitative analysis to understand the behaviour planar systems of (not necessarily linear) ordinary differential equations.