Math 203: Applied Mathematics Project
Spring 2007

(2/14, part 2) Thanks again to Ron for his presentation. His movie and one of the papers have been posted. I wasn't able to get the other paper from the CD but I'll post it later.

(2/14) I just posted a handout on the Hartman-Grobman and stable manifold theorems. Also, I am planning to invite Jeffrey Scargle to visit next Wednesday, February 21, at 2.

(2/11) Tomorrow we are meeting at 11, not 2. Let's gather at my office and look for a room; we can most likely use MH 331B. If you're late, I'll post a note on my door with our location.

(2/5) You can find all the files, including the code, generated by my last year's CAMCOS project at this CAMCOS '06 page.

(1/28, part 2) Since we are meeting from 2 to 3, I had to move my M 2-3 office hour to M 3-4. So my new office hours are MW 10-12 and M 3-4.

(1/28) To get a sense what dynamical systems are all about, you can read this short article called Dynamical systems: continuous, discrete, and hybrid.

(1/27) Just a reminder that you should read the Young and Scargle paper by Monday. There's a good chance Jeffrey Scargle will join us on Monday, so prepare your questions for him. If he's not able to come, I'll talk about dynamical systems. Recall that we are meeting in MH 331B at 2.

We have a dedicated room for CAMCOS computer work, DH 280. There is an omnicode to enter the room, which you can get from Jeffra Bussmann (I think) in MH 308.

(1/23) Final word: we are meeting in MH 318A tomorrow (1/24) at 3.

(1/22) Actually, let me know by email if you can make it at my office on Wednesday, 1/24, at either of these times: 2-3, 3-4, or 2:30-3:40.

(1/16) Please see or email me for an add code. Let's gather for our first meeting in my office (MH 318A) on Wednesday, January 24 at 2:30. Let me know if you can't make it.

Meeting time

During the first two weeks, we will meet Mondays and Wednesdays (exact time to be determined, but it will be either 2-3 or 3-4 or 4-5). After that, we'll meet depending on need. You can schedule other team meetings independently.

Prerequisite

Instructor's consent.

Office hours

My regular office hours are MW 10:30-12, M 3-5, and by appointment.

Textbook

There will be no required course textbook. We may use some sections of the following book.

M. W. Hirsch, S. Smale, and R. L. Devaney: Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos, Elsevier/Academic Press, second edition, 2003.
ERRATA

Syllabus

Green sheet

Grading policy

The course is graded on a CR/NC basis. All students applied for permission to take this research course, and so are expected to take a serious interest in the course and perform at an A level in order to receive credit.

Handouts

Hartman-Grobman and stable manifold theorem

CAMCOS 2006 Final report

Karl Young and Jeffrey Scargle, The dripping handrail model: transient chaos in accretion systems

Van der Klis et al., Kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillation peak separation is not constant in Scorpius X-1

LIST OF PROBLEMS

Maps on tori and the DHR

Michael Vartanian's DHR notes

Academic integrity statement

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