Fall 2021: MATH 6410

Ordinary Differential Equations

Class: MWF 12:55-1:45pm, Crocker Science Center 25
Instructor Office Hours: M and F 9:15-10:15AM (see canvas page for zoom info)

Course syllabus (updated 08/25/21)
Lecture slides:

• Intro and existence and uniqueness
• Linear systems
• Geometric methods for nonlinear systems
• Nonlinear analysis near hyperbolic points/orbits
• Perturbation methods
• Sturm-Liouville Operators
• Bifurcations

Texts:
Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Teschl.
Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Perko.



Exams: The final exam is on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 1:00 – 3:00 pm.

Grading: 50% final, 50% homeworks.