Introduction to Differential Equations & Linear Algebra

MATH 208 - Introduction to Differential Equations & Linear Algebra (3-0-3)

Systems of linear equations. Vector spaces 𝑅𝑛: subspaces, bases, dimensions. Rank of matrices. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Similar matrices. Diagonalizable matrices. Matrix exponential. First order differential equations: separable, linear, exact, substitutions methods. Applications to linear models of first order. The homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients. Wronskian. Nonhomogeneous differential equations. Methods of undetermined coefficients and variation of parameters. Systems of differential equations. Non-homogeneous systems. Series

Pre-requisites: MATH102