MATC12 Ordinary Differential Equations 1 is an alternatively compulsory course for a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. It covers some solution methods for first order equations, linear equations of higher order with constant and variable coefficients, power series solutions and Frobenius' method, linear systems with constant and variable coefficients, existence and uniqueness of solutions and an introduction to numerical methods for initial-value problems.

Teaching
The teaching consists of lectures and seminars. Course leader and lecturer is Bastian Hilder. The seminars will be held by Jonathan Holmquist.

All teaching activities are planned to be held on campus.

Assessment
The examination consists of a written exam followed by an oral exam. The oral exam may only be taken by those students who pass the written exam.

Course literature

Karl Gustav Andersson, Lars-Christer Böiers, Ordinary Differential Equations, 2019, ISBN: 9789144134956.

Schedule
The schedule is available in the TimeEdit schedule tool.

Official Course Description

• official course description English
• kursplan på svenska

Course Evaluation and Student Influence

The course evaluation from the autumn semester of 2022 can be found on the link below:

• Link to course evaluation, autumn 2022

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