Course Description
This course is about the mathematics that is most widely used in the mechanical engineering core subjects: An introduction to linear algebra and ordinary differential equations (ODEs), including general numerical approaches to solving systems of equations.
Course Info
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Exams
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Programming Assignments with Examples
![A photograph of a model airplane pointing down, and a graph of the plane's airspeed V(t) versus time t.](/courses/2-087-engineering-math-differential-equations-and-linear-algebra-fall-2014/f3ef06c70a775a74be6b2a5a6788e1a9_2-080jf14.jpg)
A model aircraft is pointed straight down with its engines off. After five seconds, it deploys its speedbrakes. This is a graph of its velocity. See Homework 1 Problem 9 for the full problem and a MATLAB script modeling the solution. (Photograph courtesy of Dean Ritola on flickr. License: CC BY-NC.)