Simon Fraser University Department of Mathematics
Fall 2003

MATH 467-3: Dynamical Systems

Week 11

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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

Announcements:

    • Lecture notes for Chapter 8
    • Homework Set 9 due 24 November
    • Second Midterm Exam Wednesday 19 November:
      Covering the material from Chapters 5, 6, 7.1-3, 8.1
      (also review Chapters 2-4, one-dimensional systems and bifurcations)
      You may bring a page of handwritten notes; please, no graphical calculators
    • Review Session: Tuesday, 18 November, 4:00-6:00pm, B9201


Week 11:

  • Lecture 20: 17 November
  • Bifurcations (Revisited):
    Bifurcations of fixed points in two dimensions: saddle-node, transcritical and pitchfork bifurcations
    Reading: Strogatz Ch.8 (8.1), lecture notes
  • Homework Set 9
  • Suggested additional exercises for this lecture (optional):
    8.1.1, 8.1.3, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.12, 8.1.13


  • Midterm Exam
    Two-Dimensional Flows
    Good luck!