Math 339, Course Agenda
Updated for Sep-Dec 2017

Below is a schedule for Math 339, Sep-Dec 2017. As the textbook we are using is new to me, I can't predict how quickly we will be covering the material. So this agenda doesn't tell you what sections we will cover for more than a few weeks ahead. It does however, tell you when homeworks are due and when midterms will be held. This page will be updated as the term progresses.

There will be five assignments (due at irregular intervals) covering material related to the lecture and in-class group work, as described on the homework page for this course. There will also be two 90-minute two-stage Midterms. See the Syllabus page for details.

Midterms will be held on October 8th and November 14th. Projects to be presented in the last two weeks of class.

Tuesday Thursday
September
3
5
  • ODE model #1
10
  • phase plane techniques
12
  • phase plane techniques
17
  • linear steady-state analysis
  • A#1 due
19
  • linear steady-state analysis
24
  • discussion of ODE model #2
  • A#2 due
  • term project paper selections due
26
  • ODE model #2
October
1
  • Hopf bifurcation theorem
  • A#3 due
3
  • Bifurcation diagrams
  • Poincare-Bendixson Theorem
8
  • Midterm #1
10
  • discussion of ODE model #3
15
  • ODE model #3
17
  • proof of model generality
22
  • Lipschitz ODEs
  • Hamiltonian systems
24
  • Lyapunov functions
29
  • Limit Sets
  • A#4 due
31
  • Hopf bifurcation review
November
5
  • The Lorenz Attractor, Chaos
  • A#5 due
7
  • TBA
  • presentation abstracts due
12
  • mid-term break, no class
14
  • Midterm #2
19
  • Term Project presentations
21
  • Term Project presentations
26
  • Term Project presentations
28
  • Term Project presentations
December
3
  • Term Reports Due

Important Dates After the Last Day of Classes