APPM 3010 Schedule (Fall 2016)
Wk	Date	Ch	Sec	Topic	Assignments		Due
1	Aug 22	1		Terminology
	24	2	2,4	One-D flows, qualitative analysis
	26			Chaos, the video	Ch 2	§1 #1, 2, 4; §2 #3, 8; §3 #6; §4 #4; §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	Sept 5		LABOR DAY
	7			HW Presentations, Bifurcation Theory
	9	3	4,5	Bead on a Wire	Ch 3	§1 #1, 2, 5; §2 #4, 5; §4 #4, 12; §5 #4; §7 #5	23-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			Logistic Lab Logistic Map: Computer Lab	Meet in Claire Rm 111 at Noon!!!	Lab is HW#3	3-Oct
	23		3	HW Presentations and Period 2
6	26		4	Period 3 -> Chaos
	28		5	Lyapunov Exponents
	30		6	Lyapunov and Chaos
7	Oct 3		4	Periodic Windows	Ch 10	§1 #10,11; §2 #4,6,8; §3 #3,7; §4 #2,6; §6 #5	14-Oct
	5		6	Universality
	7		7	Renormalization
8	10			Arcadia by Tom Stoppard	A class reading of several scenes
	12	11		Fractals	The Hidden Dimension-Nova Video
	14		1,2	Cantor Sets, Uncountability
	17		3	Self-Similarity, Dimension
9	19	5		Classification of Linear Systems	Ch 5	§1 #7,10; §2 #4,8,10 E.C. #14	Nov-9
	21	6	1,2	Linear systems, Nullclines	Ch 6	§1 #4,10; §3: #2,6,7, §5: #7	Nov-9
10	24			Computer Demos, Phase Plane
	26		3	Linearization about Fixed Points
	28		5	Conservative Systems		Project Proposal Due!
11	31	7	1	Limit Cycles Def.
	Nov 2			Gradient Systems and Lyapunov Functions
	4		2	Poincare Bendixson Theorem
12	7		3	Lorenz Model-the Water wheel
	9	9	1	HW in class
	11		2	Lorenz Analysis
13	14			Lorenz Analysis-Lyapunov
	16			Poincare & Stoboscopic Maps, Std Map
	18			Fixed Points and Stability
14				FALL BREAK
	23			FALL BREAK
	25			FALL BREAK
15	28			Henon Attractor, Dimension			Dec 2
	30	12	2	Std Map Lab	Meet in Claire Rm 111 at Noon!!!
	Dec 2	12	1	Baker's Transformation, Horseshoe
16	5			Presentations	Justin Tyse and Elliot Shugerman
	7			Presentations	Cody Sharp and Maria Pazos
	9			Presentations	Kevin Powell and Rachel Robey		Written Projects Due
	13		Final	Presentations 1:30-5:00PM	Everyone Else