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About - Introduction and background: linear vs. nonlinear. Phase plane analysis. Stochastic and Deterministic models. One-dimensional systems: fixed point analysis; global and local stability; bifurcations. Two-dimensional systems: oscillations and limit cycles. Hopf bifurcation and Poincare-Bendixson theorem.
Professor: Dr. Mauricio Barahona
Fall Term 2007 Lectures: Monday 10-11 (Mech Eng 664), Thursday 2-3 (RSM G.01)
Lab: Friday 10-11 (RSM 3.38)
Textbook: Strogatz, Steven. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Cambridge, MA: Westview Press, 1994.
Announcements
- Classes start Tuesday 9 October 2007
Lecture Notes
- Lecture 1 (.pdf 9 October 2007) - Introduction & Background
- Lecture 2 (.pdf 11 October 2007) - Phase plane analysis
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Assignments
- [Image:MiB Assignment 1.pdf Assignment 1] (Due 5 November 2007)
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