University of Guelph 1998-1999 Undergraduate Calendar

Course Description

63-400 Advanced Differential Equations F(3-0) [0.50]

A rigorous treatment of the qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations and an introduction to the modern theory of dynamical systems, existence, uniqueness, and continuity theorems. Definition and properties of dynamical systems. Linearization and local behaviour of nonlinear systems. Stable Manifold theorem. Liapunov stability. Limit cycles and Poincaré-Bendixson Theorem. Introduction to bifurcations and chaotic dynamics.

Prerequisites: 63-310, (63-316 or 63-320).
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1998-99 Undergraduate Calendar
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Last revised: May 31, 1998.