Summary: Spring 2010
COURSE SYLLABUS - MATH 243C
Ordinary Differential Equations
TR 11:00 ­ 12:15, GIRV 2112
PROFESSOR Thomas Sideris, South Hall 6506
Office Hours: Wednesday 13:15-14:45
Office Phone: 893-2179
http://www.math.ucsb.edu/sideris
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DESCRIPTION This course is the final quarter on the theory of ordinary differ-
ential equations and dynamical systems. During this quarter we
will continue the qualitative theory of nonlinear systems. Topics
will include: existence and stability of periodic solutions in the
critical case, center manifolds, normal forms, bifurcation theory,
and chaos.
PREREQUISITES Math 243B
GRADING Homework 100%
REFERENCES
1. Arnol'd, V. I. Ordinary differential equations. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1973.
2. Arnol'd, V. I. Geometrical methods in the theory of ordinary differential equations.

Source: Akhmedov, Azer - Department of Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara

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