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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 |
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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
- 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!
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