MathMods :: Joint MSc

Additional Info

• ECTS credits: 6
• University: University of L'Aquila
• Semester: 1
• Lecturer 1: Bruno Rubino
• Topics:

   

  Local Theory of nonlinear systems: initial value problem, hyperbolic equilibrium point, Stable Manifold Theorem. Hartman-Grobman Theorem. Stability and Liapunov functions. Saddles, nodes, foci and centers. Nonhyperbolic critical points. Center manifold theory. Global theory of nonlinear systems: limit set, attractor, limit cycle, Poincaré map, stable manifold theorem for periodic orbits, Poincaré-Bendixson theory. Mathematical background: Fundaments of perturbation analysis. The Multiple Scale Method. Basic concepts of bifurcation analysis: Bifurcation points, Linear codimension of a bifurcation, Imperfections, Fundamental path, Center Manifold Theory. Basic mechanisms of multiple bifurcations: divergence, Hopf, nonresonant or resonant double-Hopf, Divergence-Hopf, Double-zero bifurcation

• Prerequisites:

   

  Ordinary differential equations

• Books:

   

  Lawrence Perko, Differential equations and dynamical systems, Springer-Verlag, 2001