General information
Lecturer
Espen Robstad Jakobsen
Office 1148, SBII
Espen [dot] Jakobsen [at] math [dot] ntnu [dot] no
Exercise assistant
Magnus Dahler Norling
Office 1044, SBII
(735) 93723
Magnus [dot] Norling [at] math [dot] ntnu [dot] no
Books and reading material
| Main book: | D.W. Jordan & P. Smith: Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations: An Introduction to for Scientists and Engineers. Fourth edition, Oxford University Press 2007. |
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| Note | H. Hanche-Olsen: Assorted notes on dynamical systems |
| Note | H. Hanche-Olsen: Fractals and chaos (in Norwegian) |
| Other | T. Helvik: Drawing phase diagrams with Maple (in Norwegian) |
| Other | Drawing phase diagrams with Matlab |
| www | Fractals, Chaos, and Verhulst system in Wikipedia |
| Maple | verhulst.mw (save this file before opening it in Maple) |
Further reading
- Perko: Differential equations and dunamical systems. Springer 2001.
- Hirsch ans Smale: Differential equations, dynamical systems, and linear algebra. Academic Press 1974.
- Hirsch, Smale, Devaney: Differential equations, dynamical systems and introduction to chaos
Curriculum
- Jordan & Smith: Ch. 1 (1.6 excluded), 2, 3 (3.3 and 3.5 excluded), 8, 10, 11, 12.1 - 12.4, 13.1 and Appendix A.
- Both of Hanche-Olsens notes (see above).
- The exercises.
(The notes overlap quite a bit with the book. When there is overlap, you may choose which text to read.)
Exam
- Time: 28.05.2011, 09:00-13:00.
- Aids: Code D (simple calculator)