Dynamical systems 1995/96

The aim of the course is to discuss the dynamical systems approach to differential equations. Examples of notions and results that will appear are conjugacy, Poincaré maps, hyperbolic fixed points, Hartman-Grobman theorem, stable/unstable/center manifolds, stable manifold theorem, structural stability, hyperbolicity, Peixoto theorems, Smale's horseshoe, Hamiltonian systems, etc.

As an example we will study Toda lattices, which are Hamiltonian systems with surprising properties.

Peter Kumlin <kumlin@math.chalmers.se>


Last modified March 21, 1996, by Lars Alexandersson <larsa@math.chalmers.se>