![[twirling baton]](images/baton.gif)
The motion of a baton tossed in the air is not as simple as it may seem. Here we see the complex paths traced by its endpoints as it rises and falls while it twirls. The baton's center of mass, however, moves along an ordinary parabola, shown as a gray curve.
This animation was created for Math 490 (Fall 2014) by solving Lagrange's differential equations of motion in Maple, assuming that the blue ball weighs twice as much as the red.
Fall 2025
- Math 225: Introduction to Differential Equations
TuTh 1:00–2:15, MP 101 - Math 251: Multivariable Calculus
TuTh 4:00–5:15, PuP 105
plus any one of the four Discussion sessions
Spring 2025
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Math 404: Partial Differential Equations
TuTh 2:30–3:45, Fine Arts 014 -
Math 625: Computational Mathematics & C Programming
TuTh 11:30–12:45, SOND 202
Fall 2024
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Math 225: Introduction to Differential Equations
MW 2:30–3:45, BIOL 120 -
Math 481: Mathematical Modeling
MW 5:30–6:45, MP 105
Spring 2024
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Math 404: Partial Differential Equations
MW 1:00–2:15, SOND 207 -
Math 423: Differential Geometry
MW 4:00–5:15, SOND 103
Fall 2023
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Math 404: Partial Differential Equations
MW 5:30–6:45, MP 008 -
Math 710: Special Topics in Applied Mathematics – Continuum Mechanmics
MW 2:30–3:45, BIOL 120
Spring 2023
- Math 225, section 01: Introduction to Differential Equations
MoWe 2:30–3:45, MP 101 - Math 225, section 02: Introduction to Differential Equations
MoWe 5:30–6:45, MP 101
Fall 2022
- Math 404: Partial Differential Equations
TuTh 2:30–3:45, SOND 109 - Math 625: Computational Mathematics & C Programming
TuTh 11:30–12:45, MP 105
Spring 2022
- Math 225: Introduction to Differential Equations
MoWe 2:30–3:45, IT 102 - Math 423: Differential Geometry
MoWe 5:30–6:45, ILSB 201
Fall 2021
- Math 225: Introduction to Differential Equations
MoWe 2:30–3:45, IT 102 - Math 481: Mathematical Modeling
MoWe 5:30–6:45, MP 012
Spring 2021
- Math 481: Mathematical Modeling
MoWe 5:30–6:45 (online) - Math 710: Special Topics in Applied Mathematics – Continuum Mechanics
MoWe 2:30–3:45 (online)
Fall 2020
- Math 404: Introduction to Partial Differential Equations I
MoWe 5:30–6:45 (online) - Math 625: Computational Mathematics & C Programming,
MoWe 2:30–3:45 (online)
Spring 2019
- Math 481: Mathematical Modeling TuTh 4:00–5:15, MP 105
Fall 2018
- Math 490: Special Topics in Mathematics—Analytical Mechanics, MoWe 4:00–5:15pm, MP008
Fall 2017
- Math 625: Computational Mathematics & C Programming, MoWe 5:30–6:45pm, Sherman 207
Spring 2017
- Math 481: Mathematical Modeling, TuTh 5:30–6:45pm, MP 105