Reading Questions (due at start of next class)

1) 8/30/04:  Explain analytic vs qualitative approaches to solving ordinary differential equation.

2) 9/1/04:  Give an example of an equation which is not separable.

3) 9/8/04:  Why do we need an existence theorem?

4) 9/13/04:  Do solution curves cross each other?

5) 9/27/04:  What is linear about a linear first-order ODE?

6) 10/4/04:  What is a phase plane? What is a phase portrait?

7) 10/11/04:  Is there any advantage to using vector notation for systems?

8) 10/18/04:  What do we mean by 'general solution'?

9) 10/25/04:  What are the Lorenz equations?

10)  11/3/04:  What is a saddle point?

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