MTH 487 - Dynamical Systems

(4 credits)

Prerequisite(s): MTH 284 or MTH 288, MTH 286, and at least one MTH course numbered 300 or above. Systems of differential equations, local and global behavior of a vector field in the plane, discrete dynamical systems, structural stability, the Poincare-Bendixon theorem, bifurcations, chaos, and strange attractors. Course includes use of a computer algebra system, such as Maple or MATLAB.