MW 12:00-1:15 in MH 233
Math 134 or instructor consent
Mondays 10:30-11:30 & 2:45-3:15
Wednesdays 10:00-11:30, and by appointment
Luis Barreira and Claudia Valls, Ordinary Differential Equations: Qualitative Theory, AMS, Graduate Studies in Mathematics, vol. 137, 2012 (required)
M. W. Hirsch, S. Smale, and R. L. Devaney, Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and an Introduction to Chaos, third edition, Academic Press (Elsevier), 2013
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Homework 50%, expository paper 40%, presentation 10%
Each student will be required to write a short expository paper on a topic related to the course. A list of potential topics will be posted later. Papers need to be typeset in LaTeX.
To handle questions posed outside of class, we will be using Piazza. Piazza is a free online gathering place where students can ask, answer, and explore 24/7, under the guidance of their instructors. On the class dashboard, students can post questions and collaborate Wikipedia-style to edit responses to these questions. I as an instructor can also answer questions, endorse student answers, and edit or delete any posted content.
Instead of emailing me math questions, I encourage you to post them on Piazza.
Each student will be invited to join Piazza by email. Please join it as soon as you can, as I plan to use Piazza extensively.
There will be regular homework assignments which will be posted on Piazza. You will be able to revise and rewrite your solutions based on my initial comments and suggestions. You are allowed to use the literature and discuss the problems amongst yourselves, but you have to write your own solutions.