MATH 553

Lectures: Jan--Apr 2019, M W F 10:00--11:00 in Mathematics Annex building, room 1118
Instructor: Wayne Nagata
Office: Mathematics 112
Office hours: M W F 13:00--13:50, or by appointment
Email: nagata at math dot ubc dot ca
Tel: 604-822-2573
Fax: 604-822-6074

• Recommended Textbook (not required)
  • Y. A. Kuznetsov, Elements of Applied Bifurcation Theory, Springer, 2004 (3rd ed.)

• Outline
  • Course Outline.

• Appendices

  • A. Maps and Metric Spaces (for Wed Jan 2).

  • B. Projections (for Fri Mar 1).

• Homework Assignments:

  • Homework Assignment 3, due Fri 2019 Mar 8.

• Seminar Project

  • Seminar Project, written report due Thu 2019 Apr 4.

• Prerequisite: MATH 552 or equivalent -- Notes and Appendices from MATH 552 2018W1 (Sep--Dec 2018)

  • (MATH 552) Notes 1. Linear Dynamical Systems

  • (MATH 552) Notes 2. Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

  • (MATH 552) Notes 3. One-Parameter Local Bifurcations

  • (MATH 552) Notes 4. Topics in Global Dynamics

  • (MATH 552) Appendix A. Review of Differential Calculus

  • (MATH 552) Appendix B. Some Linear Algebra

  • (MATH 552) Appendix C. Homeomorphisms, Manifolds and Diffeomorphisms