MATH 249: Introduction to Dynamical Systems

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours

Catalog page 352

Description: Prereq- uisite(s): MATH 146B; MATH 151C; MATH 205C or MATH 232A; or consent of instructor. Explores diffeomorphisms and flows, Poincarâ maps, and Hamiltonian flows. Includes hyperbolicity, homoclinic points, center manifold theorem, structural stability, and Hopf bifurcations. Explores the Poincarâ-Birkhoff theorem, basin of attraction and strange attractors, and Lyapunov exponents and entropy. Introduces chaotic dynamical systems, KAM theory, and complex dynamics.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2023-24  7/25  7/25
2018-19 10/25 10/25