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MAT-33506 Differential equations, 5 cr

Person responsible

Mikko Kaasalainen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures

 

 
 32 h/per

 

 
MAT-33506 2010-01 Wednesday 12 - 14, S3
Friday 12 - 14, S2

Requirements

Exam and problem classes
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

Learn basics of modeling physical phenomena by differential equations and solving them.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Solution of a linear, homogeneous system of differential equations by matrix methods. Phase portraits.     
2. Transformation of nth order scalar differential equation into first order system.     
3. Solution of inhomogeneous equation with external force term.     
4. Introduction to nonlinear systems, stability, and chaos.     

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and an Introduction to Chaos   Morris W. Hirsch, Stephen Smale, Robert Devaney   0123497035     Academic Press 2002      English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
MAT-33506 Differential equations, 5 cr MAT-33500 Differential equations, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
MAT-33506 2010-01 Intro to systems of differential equations        

Last modified10.01.2011