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APPM 3010 Schedule
Wk Date Ch Sec Topic Assignments Due
1 22 1   Terminology      
  24 2 2,4 One-d flows, qualitative analysis      
  26     Chaos, the video Ch 1 §1 #1, 2, 3 §2 #2, 7 §3 #3 §4 #7 §8 #2, 6 7-Sep
2 29     Discussion Groups—Video      
  31   4,8 Linear Stability, Numerics      
  Sept-2 3 1,2 Bifurcations: Saddle Node & transcritical      
3 5   LABOR DAY      
  7     HW Presentations, Bifurcation Theory   Solutions for HW 1  
  9 3 4,5 Bead on a Wire Ch 3 §1 #1, 2, 4; §2 #4, 5;  §4 #2, 12; §5 #4; §7 #5 21-Sep
4 12   5,6 Catastrophe (cusp bifurcations)      
  14 10 1 Fixed Points, and Cobwebs      
  16   2 Bifurcations etc. Logistic Map      
5 19   2 Logistic Map, Part II      
  21     HW Presentations and Period 2   Solutions for 3.7.5  
  23   3 Logistic Map: Computer Lab Lab ECCR 225 12 noon (Lab report is HW 3) 30-Sep
6 26   4 PeriodDoublings  
  28   5 Periodic 3 -> Chaos Project Selection Due  
  30   6 Lyapunov Exponents      
7 Oct-3   7 Lyapunov and Chaos Ch 10 §1 #10,11; §2 #4,6,8; §3 #4,13; §4 #2,6; §6 #5 14-Oct
  5     Chaos and Binary Shift      
  7     Periodic Windows      
8 10     Renormalization      
  12     Renormalization  
  14     Arcadia by Tom Stoppard   Solutions for HW 4  
9 17 5 1,2 Classification of Linear Systems Ch 5 §1 #7,10; §2 #3,4,8, E.C. #14 Nov-2
  19 6 1,2 Linear systems, Nullclines Ch 6 §1 #6,10; §3: #2,6,7, §5: #6 Nov-2
  21     Computer Demos, Phase Plane      
10 24   3 Linearization about Fixed Points      
  26   5 Conservative Systems      
  28 7 1 Limit Cycles Def.      
11 31 2 Gradient Systems and Lyapunov Functions      
  Nov-2   HW in class    
  4   3 Poincare Bendixson Theorem      
12 7 4,5 Relaxation Oscillations      
  9 9 1 Lorenz Model      
  11   2 Lorenz Analysis   Project Proposal Due!  
13 14   3 Lorenz Analysis      
  16 8 Poincare Maps, Henon Map      
  18     Std Map Lab   ECCR 225, the Macintosh Computer Lab. Nov 28
14 21     FALL BREAK
  23     FALL BREAK
  25     FALL BREAK
15 28     Fractal Dimension      
  30   2DMaps, Henon Attractor, Dimension      
  Dec-2     Review: What have we learned?      
16 5     Presentations   Young and Bergenthal  
  7   Presentations   Beale-Bonafanti and Warren-Stillwell  
  9     Presentations   Schilling-Firner and Economou-Hass  
  14   Final Presentations 1:30-4:00PM   Everyone Else