Midterms are Sep 29, Oct 31, Dec 1, 2023
No Lecture on Nov 28, 2023. Make up lecture Nov 15, 2023, 10am AE216
If you are late to class, you agree to either dance, tell a joke or sing.
An intermediate course emphasizing a modern geometric approach and applications in science and engineering. Topics include first-order equations, linear systems, phase plane, linearization and stability, calculus of variations, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, oscillations, basic bifurcation theory, chaotic dynamics, and existence and uniqueness.