MA 241-Ordinary Differential Equations Spring 2026 - 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 equations, 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 : TBA

The TA is TBA. Tutorials will be held on TBA



The Grading policy : 20% for quizzes based on HW (best n-2 out of n - usually no separate consideration for missing quizzes due to any reason), 30% for the Midterm, and 50% for the Final.

Exams:

The Midterm shall be held on TBA. The syllabus is TBA.

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.)