APPM 5460
Lectures and Homework

Date Chapter Lecture DDS HW Problems Due
11-Jan 1: Modeling Models 1.2-1.4 #1 Ch1: 2,3,4,7,10
Ch2: 1,6,7,9
1/25/10
13-Jan   Phase Plane, Nullclines 1.5-1.7
15-Jan 2: Linear Systems Matrix ODEs 2.1
18-Jan HOLIDAY      
20-Jan   2D Systems, Exponentials 2.2-2.3    
22-Jan   etA for Complex 2.4-2.5
25-Jan   Uniqueness, etA for Multiple 2.6     HW 1 Due
27-Jan   Stability 2.7 #2 Ch 2: 12,14,15abf,19,23
Ch 3: 4,5,8
2/12/10
29-Jan   Floquet Theory I 2.8
1-Feb Floquet Theory II 2.8    
3-Feb 3: Existence & Uniqueness Function Space Preliminaries 3.1-2    
6-Feb   Existence & Uniqueness 3.3
8-Feb   Existence & Uniqueness II    
10-Feb   Dependence upon initial conditions 3.4    
12-Feb Maximal Interval of Existence 3.5 HW 2 Due
15-Feb 4: Dynamical Systems Flows & Vector Fields 4.1-2 Project selection
17-Feb   Global Existence & Linearization 4.3-4 #3 Ch 3: 10,11
Ch 4: 1a, 2c,3a-d,5, 8b, 9
3/1/10
19-Feb Stability 4.5
22-Feb   Lyapunov Functions 4.6    
24-Feb   Conjugacy 4.7    
26-Feb Conjugacy II 4.7
1-Mar   Hartman-Grobman, Omega Limits 4.8-9   HW 3 Due
3-Mar   Omega Limits, Attractors 4.9-10 #4 Ch 4:12,15,18
Ch 5:1,3,4,9
3/17/10
5-Mar 5: Invariant Manifolds Heteroclinic Orbits 5.1-2
8-Mar   Stable Manifolds I 5.3    
10-Mar   Stable Manifolds II 5.4    
12-Mar Center Manifolds 5.6
15-Mar NO CLASS (out of town)    
17-Mar   6: Nonhyperbolic Equilibria 6.1-2     HW 4 Due
19-Mar   Centers 6.3     Project Proposal Due
22-Mar SPRING BREAK
24-Mar SPRING BREAK
26-Mar SPRING BREAK
29-Mar 7: Chaos Defining Chaos 7.1 #5 Ch 7:5,6,7,9,11abd 4/12/10
31-Mar   Lyapunov Exponents I 7.2    
2-Apr   Lyapunov Exponents II
5-Apr   Strange Attractors 7.3    
7Apr   Fractals, Dimension      
9-Apr 8: Bifurcation Theory Saddle-Node, Non-bifuraction theorem 8.1-2    
12-Apr   Unfolding 8.3 HW 5 Due
14-Apr Saddle-Node Theorem 8.4 #6 Summarize your quadratic system 4/23/10
16-Apr Saddle-Node in R^n 8.6    
19-Apr Hopf Bifurcation 8.8  
21-Apr   Codimension Two 8.9-8.10
23-Apr   Takens Bogdanov 8.9-8.10 HW #6 Due
2-Apr Homoclinic bifurcations 8.11    
28-Apr Presentations Fox, Bowen, Hougland    
30-Apr Skardal, Lieb, Martin Project Due
1-May Final Exam Project Presentations 1:30-4:30 (May be extended to 5:30)