Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
MATH 4400 FALL 2025

Yuri V. Lvov$\ \ \ \ $lvovy@rpi.edu x6893
Tuesday-Friday 10:00am
Office Hours : Monday 18-20, Webex meeting room lvovy
www.yurilvov.com/ODE
TA is Miles Corn, cornm@rpi.edu, Wed noon-2pm AE424

Midterms are on September 30, Octorber 31 and December 2, 2025

Lecture on October 3, 2025 will be conducted online There will be no lecture on December 5 the make up lecture will be on November 12, 2025

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.