Syllabus Detail

Department of Mathematics Syllabus

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MAT 119A: Ordinary Differential Equations

Approved: 2003-01-01, A. Schwarz
Suggested Textbook: (actual textbook varies by instructor; check your instructor)
S. H. Strogatz, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, 1st Edition, ($49.00)
Search by ISBN on Amazon: 0738204536
Prerequisites:
MAT 021D; (MAT 022A or MAT 027A or MAT 067 or BIS 027A); (MAT 022B or MAT 027B or BIS 027B).
Suggested Schedule:

Lecture(s)

Sections

Comments/Topics

1-3

1-d systems

Phase space analysis, fixed points & stability, existence & uniqueness flow on the circle

4-6

1-d bifurcation theory

Saddle-node bifurcation, transcritical bifurcation, pitchfork bifurcation, catastrophes

7-9

Linear systems with constant coeffients

Canonical form & classification, stability

10-17

2-d systems

Phase place analysis: fixed points, nullclines & limit set; existence & uniqueness; stability: linearization & Lyapunov function; special systems: conservative, gradient & reversible systems; index theory; coupled oscillators & quasiperiodic orbits; poincare map: stability of periodic orbit; iterative methods for solving equations

18-25

Limit cycles

Poincare-Bendixson theorem, lienard systems, weakly nonlinear oscillators, relaxation oscillators

26-29

2-d Bifurcation Theory

Saddle-node, transcritical and pitchfork bifurcations; hopf bifurcation; homoclinic bifurcation