Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 18.034 (Spring 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Honors Differential Equations 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mathematics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Dr. Vera Mikyoung Hur 
• Course Introduction:
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  18.034 Honors Differential Equations
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  18.034 Honors Differential Equations
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  

  An X-ray of a chambered nautilus shell shows similar properties to the logarithmic spiral which is a graph of a solution of the differential equation dr/dθ=br. (X-ray courtesy of C. C. Jones, Union College, Schenectady, NY. "Logarithmic Spiral" courtesy of Eric W. Weisstein, from  MathWorld - A Wolfram Web Resource.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course covers the same material as Differential Equations (18.03) with more emphasis on theory. In addition, it treats mathematical aspects of ordinary differential equations such as existence theorems.