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

Proposed Titles of Semester-End Projects:

Eva AuYeung, Bennet Hon & Gary Tong Nonlinear Dynamical Behaviour in a Semiconductor Laser with Delayed Optoelectronic Feedback
Steven Beale Two Gas Models
Lina Björnheden Motion of a Double Pendulum
Lawrence Chan Neuroautonomic Heart Rate Control in Health and Disease / The Chaos Game
Eric Chen The van der Pol Equation
Neil Chicoine Epidemiology with Applications to Measles
Shaun Creaney Chaotic Oscillations in RC Circuits
Parviz Demehri The Lorenz Equations
Edward Fung Population Biology of Infectious Diseases and Applications to Vaccination Programs
Nichol Furey Particle Motion in Gravitational Fields
Yu-Tzu Huang
& Roger Lai
The Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor
Thomas Johnson Experimental Model of a Forced Nonlinear Oscillator
Vishaal Kapoor Chaos and Cryptography
Evgeniy Lebed Nonlinear Free Vibrations of Beams
Thomas Leong
& Alex Tang
The Image of Iteration of a Complex Number
Jason Mahony
& Erica Nesbit
Modeling the Canadian Pension Plan as a Dynamical System
Sharon Miyauchi Can Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) or Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) Result in Feline Extinction?
Charlie Pan & Anny Yu Dynamic Instability of Suspension Bridges
Sultan Orazbayev A Nonlinear Model of Duopolistic Competition in R&D
Gary Rooprai Fractal Investigations
Ryo Takei Nonlinear Modeling of Marital Interactions
Yubo Tang Chaos in Ecological Systems: the Food Chain
Kevin Tjart Catastrophe Theory and its Applications
Alex van Engelen The Chaotic Dynamics of Plinko
Shaun Webb Critical Phenomena and Dynamical Systems