Math 4541 - Dynamics and Bifurcations I - Syllabus

All the handouts will be posted in this web page.


Time and location Lectures are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30am to 10:45am in Skiles room 156.


Instructor

Guillermo Goldsztein
Skiles Building, Room 112
Phone: 404-894-2286
e-mail: ggold@math.gatech.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:45am to 11:30am


Grader

Yixian Zhai zhaiyixian@gatech.edu


Material to be covered and prerequisites


Books

"Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos" by Hirsch, Smale, and Devaney, 3rd edition.


Grading policy

There will be several homework throught the semester. The homework will be worth 40% of the grade. There will be two in class exams, on October 11 and on November 27. These exams together will be worth 40% of the grade (20% each). The homework is to be done individually. There will be a final during the final period worth 20% of the grade.


Georgia Tech honor code


Lecture 1


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Lecture 3


Problem Set 1, from Chapter 1 of the book. It is due on Thursday September 6th


Lecture 4


Lecture 5


Lecture 6


Problem Set 2. It is due on Thursday September 20th


Lecture 7


Lecture 8


Lecture 9


Lecture 10


Problem Set 3. It is due on Tuesday October 2nd
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Lecture 11


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Lecture 13


Exam 1
It is take home. You can consult books and notes, but not persons. It is due on Tuesday October 16th in class.


Lecture 14


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Lecture 16


Problem Set 4. It is due on Tuesday November 1st (only one problem)

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Lecture 21


Problem Set 5. From the book. Chapter 9. Problems 1.a, 2, 3, 7.a and 8.a. Due Thursday Nov 15


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Lecture 25


Exam 2
It is take home. You can not consult with persons. It is due on November 27th in class.

Final
It is take home. You can not consult with persons. It is due on November 29th in class, but anyone who wants an extension can have it without asking. Just simply send the exam by email to the grader before the time of our final. December 13th by 2:10pm.