Simon Fraser University Department of Mathematics
Fall 2003

MATH 467-3: Dynamical Systems

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Instructor:
Ralf Wittenberg
K-10536, 291-4792
ralf@sfu.ca
Lectures:
M 2:30-3:20pm
W 2:30-4:20pm
in AQ 4130
Text:
Steven Strogatz,
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Westview Press

Homework Assignments:

Assignment Due Date Solutions
Homework Set 0 10 September ...
Homework Set 1
Strogatz 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.10, 2.2.13, 2.3.2, 2.4.7, 2.4.9, 2.5.1, 2.5.2
17 September Maple worksheet
PDF version
Homework Set 2
Strogatz 2.6.1, 2.7.6, 2.7.7, 2.8.2(c), 2.8.3, 3.1.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6
24 September Maple worksheet
PDF version
Homework Set 3
Strogatz 3.3.1, 3.4.8, 3.4.11, 3.4.12, 3.4.14; and
Computation of Numerical Bifurcation Diagrams
(The associated Matlab code is here)
1 October PDF
Homework Set 4
Strogatz 3.5.7, 3.6.2, 3.7.4, 3.7.6, 4.1.8
8 October ...
Homework Set 5
Strogatz 4.3.5, 10.1.12, 10.1.13, 10.2.4, 10.2.6, 10.3.2, 10.3.4, 10.3.7-8 or 10.3.9, 10.3.10(a)
(The associated Matlab code is here)
20 October
before midterm
...
Homework Set 6
Strogatz 5.1.9, 5.1.10(a,c,e), 5.1.11(a,c,e), 5.2.5, 5.2.13, 6.1.8, 6.1.10
29 October ...
Homework Set 7
Strogatz 6.1.5, 6.1.12, 6.1.13, 6.2.2, 6.3.4, 6.3.10, 6.3.16
5 November ...
Homework Set 8
Strogatz 6.3.13, 6.5.6, 6.5.13, 6.5.19, 6.7.2
12 November ...
Homework Set 9
Strogatz 6.8.2, 6.8.3, (6.8.4), 6.8.6, (7.1.3), (7.1.8), 7.2.7, 7.2.10, 7.3.1, (7.3.4), (8.1.1), (8.1.3), (8.1.6)
24 November ...
Homework Set 10
Strogatz 8.3.1, 9.3.2, 9.3.4, 9.3.5
(The associated Matlab code is here)
4 December ...

Lecture Notes:
Transparencies from Spring 2003: These notes closely follow the text by Strogatz, and are numbered according to the chapters in that book.

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