MA 241-Ordinary Differential Equations Spring 2025 - Vamsi Pritham Pingali

The texts we will be referring to are as follows :
1. Theory of ordinary differential equations, E.A. Coddington and N. Levinson.
2. Differential equations and dynamical systems, L. Perko.
3. Ordinary differential equatiosn, principles and applications, A.K. Nandakumaran, P.S. Datti, and R.K. George.

The course description (along with pre-requisites) can be found on this webpage.

Instructors : Vamsi Pritham Pingali, vamsipingali@iisc.ac.in

Classroom and timings : Mon, Wed, and Fri - 3-4 PM in LH 4

The TA is Vaibhav Kumar (vaibhavkuma1@iisc.ac.in). Tutorials will be held on Tuesdays from 5-6 PM in LH-2



The Grading policy : 20% for quizzes based on HW (best n-2 out of n), 30% for the Midterm, and 50% for the Final.

Exams:

The Midterm shall be held on 12 Feb from 2-4 in LH4. The syllabus is everything until and including continuous dependence on parameters (that is, until and including 5 Feb).

The Final shall be held on TBA. The syllabus is everything in this course.

Ethics: Read the information on the IISc student ethics page. In short, cheating is a silly thing. Don't do it. As for the quizzes based on HW, write them up on your own. You are NOT allowed to discuss them amongst yourselves.

Here is the tentative schedule. (It is subject to changes and hence visiting this webpage regularly is one of the best ideas in the history of best ideas.)