Topics in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Topics to be covered in this course may vary depending on the audiences. One of the goals that is planned for this course is to discuss the boundary layers and/or the boundary value problems that appear and play a very important role in the kinetic theory of gases; in particular, in the theory of the Boltzmann equations. Students are encouraged to attend and participate in the kinetic theory program offered by the ICERM institute in the Fall 2011 semester. This course may be taken twice for credit.