Syllabus* for Math 243-Summer School 2026

(*weekly contents may vary according to the progress of the lectures)

WEEK

TOPICS

1

Introduction, Existence and Uniqueness thm. for first order d.e.'s, Separable Equations, Homogeneous Equations,

2

 Linear Eqns., Bernoulli Eqns., Exact Eqns., Integrating Factors,

3

Eqns. of the form y'=G(ax+by), Equations with linear coefficients, 

4

 Reduction of Order,The method of undetermined coefficients, The method of variation of parameters, 

5

Cauchy-Euler Eqns., Laplace Transforms, Inverse Laplace Transforms, Solving Initial Value Problems, 

6

Unit Step Function, Convolution, Solving systems of linear differential equations using Laplace transform

7

Power Series Method (around ordinary point),power series method (continued),