MATHEMATICS 570

Ordinary Differential Equations

Carver 0002

Instructor: Howard A. Levine , Department of Mathematics, 410 Carver

Office Hours: MWF  11-12

Phone 515-294-8145, e-mail: halevine@iastate.edu

Here is a partial list of topics:
 1. Systems of differential equations

2. Linear systems, phase plane analysis

3. Existence theory

4. Stability of linear an almost linear systems

5. Lyapunov's second method

6. Applications and two point boundary value problems (intro).


Texts and references: The qualitative theory of ODE's,  An introduction - Brauer and Nohel.

Grading:  HW  40%  Midterm  20%,   Final 40%

 

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