Course material for M431, Jochen Denzler
I decided to go this one altogether without a textbook (often we use
Boyce-diPrima). So the notes and homework represent the course fairly well.
But as always with first time notes, they may still deserve some polishing;
they were created as the course went. --- They may be helpful as
complementary reading also for a textbook-oriented course.
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available here. You are welcome to use it for teaching, learning, or
research as long as you are not using it commercially.
First Subject: The power series method
An auto-plagiarized calculus manuscript on power series, slightly adapted,
to repeat power series (possibly to understand'em the first time, as they
often get squeezed in unlovingly at the end of a Calc' course):
PowerSeries.dvi,
PowerSeries.ps,
PowerSeries.pdf
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Homework sheet number 1:
Homework1.dvi,
Homework1.ps,
Homework1.pdf
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Power series method (Frobenius method) for ODEs:
Frobenius.ps,
Frobenius.pdf
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Homework sheet number 2:
Homework2.dvi,
Homework2.ps,
Homework2.pdf
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Homework sheet number 3:
Homework3.dvi,
Homework3.ps,
Homework3.pdf
Second Subject: First Order Systems; Phase Space
An introduction to systems of ODEs; examples; concept of phase space;
conserved quantities:
systems.ps,
systems.pdf
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Vectors and matrices, Linear systems, Exponentials of matrices;
Stability of equilibria, linear and nonlinear (basic facts, and intuition,
but no formal proofs -- many students came from engineering!):
linsys.ps,
linsys.pdf
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Homework sheet number 4:
Homework4.dvi,
Homework4.ps,
Homework4.pdf
Homework sheet number 5:
Homework5.dvi,
Homework5.ps,
Homework5.pdf
Homework sheet number 6:
Homework6.dvi,
Homework6.ps,
Homework6.pdf
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Missing material: alas no time left for the matrix version of variation
of parameters; but with the thorough study of matrix exponentials, students
should be able to adapt the M231-method to matrices quickly, when they
actually need it. As many in the audience will not have another ODE course,
I felt it more important to offer a glimpse of the geometric insight that is
so paramount to a contemporary understanding of ODEs. They would have more
difficulties studying this on their own. --- Alas also no time left for
coupled oscillations. Next time, I'll streamline the material to fit it in...