Introduction

Hi! I'm Rachel Wigell, and I'm the MASH leader for MA2051, Ordinary Differential Equations. I hold MASH sessions on Tuesdays at 11AM, Wednesdays at 10AM, and Wednesdays at 5PM. The evening sessions will be in the Exam Proctoring Center, and the others will be in the Academic Resource Center (ARC), both located in the lobby of Daniel Hall.

My purpose in keeping this blog is to provide examples of how to do the kinds of problems you will encounter in MA2051 in a format that is accessible to you 100% of the time. I'd love to see you in my sessions, and you can also email me any time (rachel.wigell (at) wpi (dot) edu) and I will get back to you ASAP, but the blog is always here when you need it.

I will try to post at least one example problem for each major topic you study. I aim to choose problems that cover as many of the situations you might run into as possible. If you have a suggestion as to something I should post, feel free to leave a comment on the blog (you don't have to have a blogspot account to leave comments) or email me.

I will not work out assigned problems on the blog. If you need help with a specific homework problem, I can either show a similar problem on the blog, or work with you in person on the homework problem (I will point you in the right direction, but I will not do any problems for you).

Hope you find this a useful resource for the coming term!

Happy calculating,
Rachel