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Week of...
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Sep 10
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About This Class. Monday: Introduction and the Brachistochrone. Tuesday: More on the Brachistochrone, administrative issues. Tuesday Notes. Friday: Some basic techniques: first order linear equations.
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Sep 17
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Monday: Separated equations, escape velocities. HW1. Tuesday: Escape velocities, changing source and target coordinates, homogeneous equations. Friday: Reverse engineering separated and exact equations.
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Sep 24
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Monday: Solving exact equations, integration factors. HW2. Tuesday: Statement of the Fundamental Theorem. Class Photo. Friday: Proof of the Fundamental Theorem.
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Oct 1
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Monday: Last notes on the fundamental theorem. HW3. Tuesday Hour 1: The chain law, examples of variational problems. Tuesday Hour 2: Deriving Euler-Lagrange. Friday: Reductions of Euler-Lagrange.
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Oct 8
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Monday is thanksgiving. Tuesday: Lagrange multiplyers and the isoperimetric inequality. HW4.
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Oct 15
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Oct 22
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HW5, Term Test on Friday at GB 404.
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Oct 29
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HW6; Nov 4 is the last day to drop this class
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Nov 5
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Nov 12
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Monday-Tuesday is UofT November break, HW7 on web Wednesday
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Nov 19
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HW8
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Nov 26
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HW9
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Dec 3
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UofT Fall Semester ends Wednesday; Wednesday is UofT Monday, we'll hold class!
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| F1
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Dec 10
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Finals
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| F2
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Dec 17
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Finals
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| Register of Good Deeds
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 Add your name / see who's in!
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