— Ordinary Differential Equations

Prerequisites & course information

This version has ended; see updated course, below. Course Description: Lorentz equations; Poincare maps; center manifolds and normal forms; scalar and planar maps; phase space analysis for iterated maps; period-doubling bifurcation; Lyapunov exponent; chaos and symbolic dynamics; strange attractors; fractals. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Problem Solving. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL). MAT 119B — Ordinary Differential Equations (4 units) Course Description: Lorentz equations; Poincare maps; center manifolds and normal forms; scalar and planar maps; phase space analysis for iterated maps; period-doubling bifurcation; Lyapunov exponent; chaos and symbolic dynamics; strange attractors; fractals. Prerequisite(s): MAT 119A . Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Problem Solving. Enrollment Restriction(s): Pass One open to Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Mathematics & Scientific Computation, Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research majors. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL). This course version is effective from, and including: Spring Quarter 2027. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Problem Solving. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL). MAT 119B — Ordinary Differential Equations (4 units) Course Description: Lorentz equations; Poincare maps; center manifolds and normal forms; scalar and planar maps; phase space analysis for iterated maps; period-doubling bifurcation; Lyapunov exponent; chaos and symbolic dynamics; strange attractors; fractals. Prerequisite(s): MAT 119A . Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Problem Solving. Enrollment Restriction(s): Pass One open to Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Mathematics & Scientific Computation, Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research majors. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL). This course version is effective from, and including: Spring Quarter 2027.