Mathematics 02 March y7

HARARE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
Lecturer Course Objectives
K. Mutangi The course aims to develop analytical skills
necessary to formulate mathematical models of
Contact engineering and technology problems. The
Information approach adopted is the modern one in which
Office W16 students should acquire solid basic knowledge and
Phone: 741422-35 ext 2372 clear perception of engineering mathematics

Email: kmutangi@hit.ac.zw

Lectures/Tutorials
Course Content
Lectures: Tuesdays 08am-
10AM (E/H) Linear Algebra
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Thursdays 08AM-10AM.(E/H)

Students are expected to Cayley Hamilton Theorem

attend every lecture/tutorial.
Worksheets will be available Diagonalisation
on the HIT elearning website.
You are encouraged to bring Applications of eigenvalues and
the printed worksheets to the eigenvectors.
Tutorials.

Course Assessment Ordinary Differential Equations

Assessment shall comprise First order differential equations.
of three in class tests and
Separable differential equations.
an end of semester
examination of a 3 hour Exact equations.
paper. Dates for tests are
given below under Test Integrating factors.
Dates, please do not miss Linear equations.
my tests. The end of
semester examination Bernoulli Equations
counts 75%, and continuous
Applications of first order differential
assessment counts 25%
equations.
towards the final mark. All
tests and the exam are Second order differential equations.
mandatory. Discuss any
potential conflicts well Undetermined coefficients
before the test/exam dates. Variation of parameters

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Reduction of Order
Software Power series solutions
Students are encouraged to
make informal use of
Maxima, which can be
downloaded from
http://wxmaxima.sourceforge Vector Calculus
.net, either to check
worksheet solutions or to Differentiation of vectors, partial derivatives
guide towards a solution.
Note that you will not have Gradient, Divergence and Curl.
access to a computer for the
tests or exam. Solenoidal and irrotational fields.

Integration of vector functions

Line integrals, Surface integrals.

Integral theorems.

Greens theorem

Stokes theorem

Divergence theorem

Laplace Transforms
Definitions and properties.

Inverse Laplace Transform.

Transforms of derivatives.

Applications to ODEs.

References.
[1] I. Gohberg, P. Lancaster, and L. Rodman,Matrix
Polynomials, Siam, 2009.
[2] J. Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Saint Michaels
College, 2006. http://joshua.smcvt.edu
[3] S. Lipschutz, Theory of Linear Algebra. McGraw
Hill, 1968.
[4] S.Mauch, Advanced Mathematical Methods for
Scientists and Engineers, 2004.
http://www.its.caltech.edu/sean
[5] R. Palmer, Differential Equations. McGrawHill,
1960.
[6] G. Teschl, Ordinary Differential Equations and
Dynamical Systems, 2009.
http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/gerald/

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