Week 1 Introduction to the course

Intro to differential equations and R 🧰

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Tasks

Class Activities

Activity
Title
Date
Practice What are differential equations? Tue, 4 Apr
Practice Phase lines and qualitative solutions Tue, 4 Apr
Practice Disease Exploration Wed, 5 Apr
Practice More about the logistic equation Fri, Apr 7
Practice Euler’s method Fri, Apr 7

Assignments

Assignment
Title
Due
Due this week
S 01 Syllabus add a question or comment Sun, 9 Apr, 23:59 EST
HW 01 DiffEQ Homework 01 Fri, 7 Apr, 23:59 EST
HW 00 R homework Fri, 7 Apr, 23:59 EST
Due next week
R Practice Line plot practice Wed, 12 Apr, 14:30 EST

All readings should be completed by Sunday in the week they were assigned.

📄 Course syllabus Required
📄 Grading Contract Required
📖 R4DS: Chp 2 and 3, Introduction and Visualization Required
📄 CDC Measles History Optional