Syllabus for Math 558
Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations, Fall 2009


Instructor:

J. Rauch
4834 East Hall
Email: rauch@umich.edu
Web page: http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~rauch/


Office Hours: Wednesdays, 10-11, 2-3.


Textbook: Brauer and Nohel, The Qualitative Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations, Dover

Course Schedule

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Week Meeting Date In Class Remarks/Web Postings
1 Lecture 1 Tues, Sept. 8

Causality and ODE, Existence by Fundamental Thm. of Calculus, Power series (Cauchy) and Separation of Variables, Picard's existence and uniqueness theorem

Course info., hw1., Causality
1Lecture 2 Thurs, Sept. 10 Nonnuniqueness example, Fundamental Thm. of the Phase Line, Differentiable dependence and Perturbation Theory Fundamental Theorem of the Phase Line
2 Lecture 3 Tues, Sept. 15 Perturbation theory cont. Review Euler's exp(rt) method for scalar const. coeff. linear homogeneous equations. Algorithm for multiple roots. hw1 due. The Steps of Perturbation Theory.
2 Lecture 4 Th., Sept. 17 Linear homogeneous systems. Linear independence. X(t) to X(t_0) is 1-1 onto linear map from solutions of homog. eqn. to initial data. Fundamental matrices. section 2.3.
3 Lecture 5 Tu, Sept. 22 Linearization at an equilibrium I (science text approach). Euler's exponential method, exp(rt) v. Distinct eigenvalues. Cauchy's Theorem in the linear case and exp(tA). pg. 62-64, then, 55-61, hw2 due. hw3 posted. Eigenbasis Theorem.
3 Lecture 6 Th., Sept. 24 Linearization at an equilibrium II (perturbation theory approach). Norms and matrix norms and exp(tA). Introduc generalized eigenspaces X_j. pg 36, 64-65. Linearization II,
4 Lecture 7 Tu., Sept. 29 Spectral Theorem for general A.

pg. 276-279 and/or Generalized Eigenvectors handout.

4 Lecture 8 Th., Oct. 1 Multiple roots algorithm with examples. hw3 due. hw4. Additional exs. pg 66-71.
5 Lecture 9 Tu., Oct. 6 Application to phase plane. Section 2.8. Phase Planes. hw4 due. hw5
5 Lecture 10 Th., Oct. 8 Phase plane continued. Centers, spirals, ellipses. Two ellipses handouts.
6 Lecture 11 Tu. Oct. 13 Application to large time asymptotics. Floquet multipliers. Two harmonic oscillators. Sections 2.7, 2.9. Hirsch et al section 6.2.
6 Lecture 12 Th. Oct 15 Kronecker's Theorem. Ergodicity. Linear nonhomogeneous/Variation of constants. (Will be applied in Secs. 4.3, 4.4.) Section 2.4 + pg. 72-73. Kronecker's Theorem.
7 Study Day Tu., Oct. 20 No Class
7 MIDTERM EXAM Th. Oct 22 In class. Closed book. Two sides of a 3x5 cards of notes. No electronics.

Midterm solutions. Revised ellipse axes.

8 Lecture 13 Tu. Oct 27 Logistic w/harvesting, bifurcations. Definitions/examples of stability hw 6 due. hw 7. Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
8 Lecture 14 Th. Oct. 29

More on Poincare Map and Floquet Theory. Limitations on linearization when evalues are purely imaginary, examples. Proof of Corollary on page 99 (w/o Thm 2.12.)

2.9. pg. 168-169.
9 Lecture 15 Tu, Nov. 3 Theorem 4.3. (Linearization asympt. stab. implies asymp. stab.) Gronwall Lemma. 4.4, pg 31. hw 7 due
9 Lecture 16 Th, Nov. 5 Theorem 4.2 (A+B(t) is asymptotically stable when limsup B =small, A asymptotically stable). 4.3, hw7.prob4.soln in office door binder.
10 Lecture 17 Tu, Nov. 10 Stable/Unstable manifolds. Linear case. Real linear case. Bounded sols of Y'=AY + gamma(t). hw 8 due, 4.5
10 Lecture 18 Th. Nov. 12 Stable/Unstable manifolds. Integral eqn for small bounded solutions of Y'=AY + g(Y). Fixed point iteration. Local construction. Globalization.  
11 Lecture 19 Tu. Nov. 17 End Stable/Unstable manifold. Nonlinear pendulum. Nullclines. hw 9 due, hw 10, 6.3.
11 Lecture 20 Th. Nov. 19 Nonlinear Pendulum continued. Not minimum of V(x) can be stable. Lyapunov's second method, hamiltonian systems. 5.1, 5.2. Instability assertion on pg 188 false.
12 Lecture 21 Tu. Nov. 24

Hamiltonian systems. Gradient systems. Lyapunov's Stability Theorem. LaSalle's invariance principal.

hw 10 due. hw 11 (short). Gradient systems. 5.3, 5.4.
12 Thanksgiving Th. Nov. 26 No Class
13 Lecture 22 Tu. Dec. 1

Lyapunov's asypmtotic stability theorem. Applications to hamiltonian, gradient systems and an alternate proof of asymtotic stability when linearization has e-values in left half plane.

hw 12.
13 Lecture 23 Th. Dec. 3   hw 11 due.
14 Lecture 24 Tu. Dec. 8   hw 12 due.
14 Lecture 25 Th. Dec. 10 Last Class  
15 Study Day Tu. Dec. 15 No Class  
  FINAL EXAM Fri. Dec 18 10:30-12:30 AM, two sides of TWO 3x5 cards. No electronics.