課程資訊
課程名稱
工程數學上
Engineering Mathematics (1) 
開課學期
115-1 
授課對象
機械工程學系  
授課教師
何亦平 
課號
ME2001 
課程識別碼
502E20001 
班次
02 
學分
3.0 
全/半年
全年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期一3,4(10:20~12:10)星期三2(9:10~10:00) 
上課地點
機械114機械114 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:55人 
 
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課程概述

Engineering Mathematics I is the first semester of a two-semester engineering mathematics sequence for mechanical engineering undergraduates. It develops analytical tools for modeling and solving physical systems, covering first- and higher-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs), Laplace transforms, series solutions of linear ODEs, linear algebra, and systems of linear first-order ODEs. Applications including thermal relaxation, vibration, viscoelasticity, circuits, and related engineering problems are used throughout. Semester 2 covers Fourier series and transforms, partial differential equations, and complex analysis.

***In-person lectures unless otherwise noted
***Lecture recording will only be provided for pre-approved cases
***Lectures in English
***Midterms and Final Exam are to be held in the regular lecture hours 

課程目標
By the end of the semester, students are expected to:

- Solve first- and higher-order ODEs analytically using standard techniques;
- Apply Laplace transforms to solve linear ODEs and coupled systems;
- Obtain power-series and Frobenius solutions about ordinary and singular points;
- Perform fluent matrix computations including row reduction, determinants, and eigenvalue/eigenvector analysis;
- Solve systems of linear first-order ODEs by the eigenvalue method and interpret the phase portraits of homogeneous linear systems;
- Model engineering problems (including thermal relaxation, vibration, RLC circuits, viscoelastic response, and reaction/growth kinetics) using ODEs; state and justify assumptions; and verify important results independently;
- Use generative AI critically: frame and solve the core mathematics independently, ask AI to solve the same problem, audit its reasoning, and reach a defensible conclusion through independent verification; this process is practiced in selected class activities and assessed in the Final Project. 
課程要求
Please review your calculus, especially the sections on transcendental and/or hyperbolic functions, e.g., sinh(x), cosh(x), tanh(x), etc. Familiarity with these functions will be helpful.

Suggested Reading: Stewart, Clegg, and Watson, Calculus Early Transcendentals, 9th edition. Chap 1.4, 1.5, 3.11 (and Chap 9 on differential equations). 
預期每週課前或/與課後學習時數
3-5 hours at least 
Office Hours
另約時間 
指定閱讀
o P. V. O'Neil, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 8th Edition (SI Edition). Cengage Learning, 2018. ISBN 9789579282031. [Primary textbook] 
參考書目
o D. G. Zill, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017. [Reference textbook, complementary reading and additional practice problems]

o O’Neil’s online web modules — Spring Motion, Review of Partial Fractions Decomposition, Equations with Polynomial Coefficients, and Least Squares Vectors and Data Fitting — accompany the textbook and are used in the sessions of Oct. 7 and Oct. 19 and may also be useful for the Final Project. Access instructions will be posted on NTU COOL. 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
  1. 本校建議 A+ 比例上限為 20% ,非強制規定,授課教師可依課程要求調整,建議必修課程參考。
  2. 本校採用等第制評定成績,學生成績評量辦法中的百分制分數區間與單科成績對照表僅供參考,授課教師可依等第定義調整分數區間。詳見學習評量專區 (連結)。
 
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以錄音輔助
作業繳交方式
學生與授課老師協議改以其他形式呈現
考試形式
其他
由師生雙方議定
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
Sep. 7 (M)  Course introduction; syllabus and AI-use policy walk-through. Terminology, classification, initial-value problems; separable equations; Singular solutions 
第1週
Sep. 9 (W)  The linear first-order equation; integrating-factor solution. MSE examples: Newton’s law of cooling, RC charging 
第2週
Sep. 14 (M)  Exact equations; test for exactness; recovering the potential function. Integrating factors for non-exact equations; Homogeneous, Bernoulli and Riccati equations — substitution methods 
第2週
Sep. 16 (W)  The linear second-order equation: superposition, linear independence, the Wronskian, structure of the general solution 
第3週
Sep. 21 (M)  Reduction of order; The constant-coefficient homogeneous equation; nth-order generalization 
第3週
Sep. 23 (W)  Particular solutions of the nonhomogeneous equation: the method of undetermined coefficients 
第4週
Sep. 28 (M)  HOLIDAY (No Class)  
第4週
Sep. 30 (W)  Undetermined coefficients 
第5週
Oct. 5 (M)  Variation of parameters; Euler’s differential equation 
第5週
Oct. 7 (W)  Applications: spring–mass–damper systems and damping regimes; resonance; RLC circuits; viscoelastic models (Maxwell, Kelvin–Voigt); two-point boundary-value problems. 
第6週
Oct. 12 (M)  Solution Audit/Midterm 1 Preparation
Part 3 begins — Laplace transform: definition and notation, existence conditions, linearity, transforms of elementary functions. 
第6週
Oct. 14 (W)  MIDTERM 1 — Parts 1 and 2 (First-Order ODEs + Higher-Order Linear ODEs). 50-min closed-book exam. Includes one Solution Audit item. 
第7週
Oct. 19 (M)  The inverse Laplace transform; partial fractions; completing the square; Solution of initial-value problems; transforms of derivatives; the t-space ↔ s-space picture; equations with polynomial coefficients. 
第7週
Oct. 21 (W)  The first shifting theorem; the Heaviside function H(t − a), pulses, and the second shifting theorem. 
第8週
Oct. 26 (M)  HOLIDAY (No Class)  
第8週
Oct. 28 (W)  Heaviside’s formula; piecewise-defined forcing — worked examples (switched RLC, step-loaded viscoelastic element); periodic forcing and the staircase function. 
第9週
Nov. 2 (M)  Convolution; the transfer function and impulse response; Impulses and the Dirac delta function; systems of linear differential equations by Laplace transform (revisited in Part 5). 
第9週
Nov. 4 (W)  Power series review; radius of convergence; analytic functions; ordinary versus singular points; the power series method and recurrence relations. 
第10週
Nov. 11 (W)  Solution Audit/Midterm 2 Preparation
Vectors in the plane and 3-space;
 
第10週
Nov. 9 (M)  Power series solutions — worked examples (Airy equation); MSE context; Frobenius solutions — regular singular points, the indicial equation, and the three cases of indicial roots. 
第11週
Nov. 16 (M)  Lines and planes; the dot product and projections; the cross product; n-vectors and the algebraic structure of Rⁿ; subspaces, spanning sets, linear independence, basis and dimension. 
第11週
Nov. 18 (W)  MIDTERM 2 — Parts 3 and 4 (Laplace Transform + Series Solutions). 50-min closed-book exam; Laplace table provided 
第12週
Nov. 23 (M)  Orthogonal sets and the Gram–Schmidt process; orthogonal complements and projections; Matrices and matrix algebra; special matrices; matrix multiplication revisited; application to random walks in crystals 
第12週
Nov. 25 (W)  Row operations and reduced matrices; Gaussian and Gauss–Jordan elimination; rank and nullity 
第13週
Dec. 2 (W)  Prerecorded Lecture/online Q&A: Matrix inverses; determinants and evaluation by row and column operations; Cramer’s rule 
第13週
Nov. 30 (M)  Prerecorded Lecture/online Q&A: Solution of homogeneous linear systems Ax = 0; null space and dimension of the solution space; Solution of nonhomogeneous linear systems Ax = b; consistency, uniqueness, parameterized solutions 
第14週
Dec. 7 (M)  Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; the characteristic equation; eigenspaces; linear independence of eigenvectors; Diagonalization; special matrices 
第14週
Dec. 9 (W)  Systems of linear first-order ODEs; structure of solutions of X′ = AX; solution for constant A by the eigenvalue method, including the complex eigenvalue case; phase portraits of homogeneous linear systems. 
第15週
Dec. 14 (M)  PROJECT PRESENTATIONS (both sessions; running order to be announced) 
第15週
Dec. 16 (W)  Final-exam review; Q&A; closing remarks. 
第16週
Dec. 21 (M)  FINAL EXAM (10:20 – 12:00, 100 min, closed-book), Parts 1 to 5. Laplace table provided.