Math E-21c - Ordinary Differential Equations - Lecture Notes and Supplementary Materials


Math E-21c Lecture Notes (Robert Winters)

Lecture #1 Notes (revised Sept 3, 2020)

Lecture #2 Notes (revised Feb 5, 2022)

Lecture #3 Notes (revised Sept 18, 2020)

Lecture #4 Notes (revised Sept 30, 2021)

Lecture #5 Notes (minor revision Nov 12, 2023)

Lecture #6 Notes (revised Oct 6, 2021)

Lecture #7 Notes (revised Oct 18, 2023)

Lecture #8 Notes (revised Oct 13, 2021)

Lecture #9 Notes (posted Oct 29, 2020)

Lecture #10 Notes (revised Nov 9, 2023)

Lecture #11 Notes (revised Nov 20, 2021)

Lecture #12 Notes (revised Nov 16, 2022)

Lecture #13 Notes (posted Dec 17, 2023)

Lecture #14 Notes (revised Dec 8, 2023)

Math E-21c Supplements (Robert Winters)

Basic Calculus Notes - Derivatives, Linear Approximation, and Higher Order Approximation


Systems of Linear Equations and Row Reduction

Matrices and Vectors – Meaning of Columns of a Matrix

Matrix Algebra and Inverse Matrices

Subspaces, Span, Linear Independence, Basis of a Subspace; Images and Kernel of a Matrix

Coordinates Relative to a Basis; Matrix of a Linear Transformation Relative to Bases


General Linear Spaces (Vector Spaces) and Solutions of ODEs

Linear nth Order ODE Cookbook (may be revised)

A Worked Example of a 2nd Order Linear System with Sinusoidal Input Signal


Laplace Transform Facts

Worked Examples of Laplace Transform and Convolution

Notes on Convolution


Sampler of Phase Plane diagrams

Supplement on Evolution Matrices

Supplement on Representation of Functions in Different Coordinates

Supplement on Linear Coordinates, Alternate Bases, and Evolution Matrices

Matrix Methods for Solving Systems of 1st Order Linear Differential Equations

Continuous Dynamical Systems – Part 1

Continuous Dynamical Systems – Part 2


Nonlinear Systems and Linearization


Math E-21c Lecture Notes and Supplements ©Robert Winters 2013-2020.