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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 4: 15 September
Potentials:
Finite-time blowup, nonexistence of oscillations, potentials; numerical integration of ODEs
Reading: Strogatz Ch.2 (2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8), lecture notes
- Homework Set 1
- Suggested additional exercises for this lecture (optional):
2.6.2, 2.7.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.6, 2.8.8
- Lecture 5: 17 September
Introduction to Bifurcation:
Bifurcations of fixed points, saddle-node bifurcation, local analysis, normal forms, near-identity transformation; transcritical bifurcation
Reading: Strogatz Ch.3 (3.0, 3.1, 3.2), lecture notes
- Homework Set 2
- Suggested additional exercises for this lecture (optional):
3.1.1, 3.1.3, 3.1.5, 3.2.3, 3.2.7 (read this result)
- Resources:
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