Math 207A, Fall 2011

Course Information

MAT 207, Fall Quarter, 2011

Lectures: MWF 10:00–10:50 a.m., Soc Sci 90

Office hours:

MWF 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Text: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, S. Strogatz

Professor

John Hunter
Department of Mathematics
University of California
Davis, CA 95616, USA

e-mail: jkhunter@ucdavis.edu

Phone:

(530) 554-1397 (Office)
(530) 752-6653 (Fax)

Office: 3230 Mathematical Sciences Building

Announcement

Here are final solutions. Some phase plane sketches are here.

Notes

Here are some notes:

Dynamical Systems

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. One-dimensional Systems
Chapter 3. Two-dimensional Linear Systems
Bibliography

Some Papers

E. N. Lorenz, Deterministic nonperiodic flow (1963)
R. M. May, Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics (1976)
D. Ruelle and F. Takens, On the nature of turbulence (1971)

Sample Final

Here are sample final questions. Here are some brief solutions so you can check your answers. The actual final questions may be on any of the topics we have covered this quarter, not just the ones in these particular questions. This material corresponds roughly to Ch. 1–8 and Ch. 10 of the text by Strogatz.