MATH 4067 Course Outline
Mathematical Theory of Dynamical Systems Chaos and Fractals
January 2011

Course Organization

Recommended Textbook: Invitation to Dynamical Systems
Author: Edward R. Scheinerman
Online pdf version: m4067-book.pdf
Course Notes: Notes will also be provided for parts of course

Prerequisite: Math 2066 (Differential Equations) and first two years of the Math program

Instructor: Dr. B.G. Adams
Office: FA-378
Phone: 675-1151 x 2323
Email: badams at cs dot laurentian dot ca

Lecture Times: Tues-Thurs: 1:00-2:30,  Room: C-306

Grading scheme

The final grade will be determined on the basis of

Assignments 25%
2 Class Tests (Feb 10, Mar 24)25%
Final exam (3 hours) 50%

Course Outline

Continuous Dynamical Systems

Discrete Dynamical Systems

Notes and Maple worksheets (differential equations)

Note: To download the maple worksheets (mw extension) right click on the link and choose "Save Target As".

Review of first order DE's:

Notes first-order.pdf
Maple worksheet (exact solutions) diffeq1-exact.mw diffeq1-exact.html
Maple worksheet (numerical solutions) diffeq1-numeric.mw diffeq1-numeric.html
Logistic equation diffeq1-logistic.mw diffeq1-logistic.html
Logistic equation with threshold diffeq1-logistic2.mw diffeq1-logistic2.html
Direction fields and solutions using DEplot directionfield.mw directionfield.html

Review of Linear Systems of DE's:

Some Maple Recipes for Linear Systems of DE's maplede.pdf
Linear mass/spring and pendulum problems spring.pdf
Notes on Linear Systems of Differential Equations linsys.pdf
Exact solution of system of 2 first order DE's diffeq2e.mw diffeq2e.html
Numerical solution of system if 2 first order DE's diffeq2n.mw diffeq2n.html
Phase portrait for a saddle point phase1.mw phase1.html
Phase portrait for a saddle point phase1b.mw phase1b.html
Phase portrait for a center phase2.mw phase2.html
Phase portrait for an unstable node phase3.mw phase3.html

Nonlinear systems and pendulum using Maple

Nonlinear phase plane example section3-2-2a.mw section3-2-2a.html
Time dependence for small and large angles pendulum1.mw pendulum1.html
Phase plane analysis pendulum2.mw pendulum2.html
Phase plane analysis, damped pendulum pendulum3.mw pendulum3.html
Phase plane analysis, damped pendulum dampedpendulum.mw dampedpendulum.html
Phase plane analysis, damped pendulum, strong and weak damping damped.mw damped.html

Contour plots using Maple

Contour plots for a non-linear system contour1.mw contour1.html
Contour plots for undamped pendulum undampedpendulum.mw undampedpendulum.html

Competing Species Model

Peaceful Coexistence competition1.mw competition1.html
Extinction of one species competition2.mw competition2.html

Predator Prey Model

Phase Plane Analysis predator-prey.mw predator-prey.html
Phase Plane and Time Series (Rabbits and Foxes) rabfox.mw rabfox.html

Lyapunov functions

Inconclusive example (numerical) spiral.mw spiral.html
Unstable limit cycle limitcycle.mw limitcycle.html

Gradient systems

3-D plot example gradient-1.mw gradient-1.html
gradient plot (vector field) gradient-2.mw gradient-2.html

Limit Cycles

Unit circle as limit cycle limitcycle.mw limitcycle.html
Van der Pol equations (1) vanderpol.mw vanderpol.html
Van der Pol equations (2) vanderpol-2.mw vanderpol-2.html

Bifurcations

Hopf bifurcation (1) bifurcation.mw bifurcation.html
Hopf bifurcation (2) bifurcation-2.mw bifurcation-2.html

Chaos in the Lorenz System

Period doubling and chaos lorenz.mw lorenz.html

1D and 2D Phase Plane Analysis Program

Java versions of dfield and pplane (by John C. Polking)

Notes and Maple worksheets (discrete systems)

1D Discrete Maps

Attractive 2cycle for the map 1 - x2 example1a.mw example1a.html
Numerical iteration of the map 1 - x2 example1b.mw example1b.html
Analysis of the map 1 - x2 example.mw example.html
Iterating the tent map tentorbit.mw tentorbit.html
Graphical analysis of the tent map tentgraph.mw tentgraph.html
Logistic map bifurcation diagram logistic.pdf  
Period 4 for map x2 + a period4.mw period4.html
Period 3 for map x2 + a period3.mw period3.html
Graphical iteration for map x2 + a squaremapiter.mw squaremapiter.html
Bifurcation diagram for map x2 + a square.pdf  
Time series for map x2 + a squaring-time-series.pdf  
Time series differences for map x2 + a squaring-time-series-diff.pdf  
Numerical iteration of map x2 + a squaremaporbit.mw squaremaporbit.html
Time series map x2 + a squaremaptime.mw squaremaptime.html
Sensitvity for map x2 + a squaremaptime-diff.mw squaremaptime-diff.html
Symbolic dynamics for map x2 + a symbolics.mw symbolics.html

2D Discrete Maps

Computing matrix powers matrix-powers.mw matrix-powers.html
Fixed points if 2-D maps fixedpoints.mw fixedpoints.html
Orbits of 2-D maps maporbit2d.mw maporbit2d.html
  mapphase2d.mw mapphase2d.html
Henon map composition henon-map.mw henon-map.html
Iterating the enon map trapping quadrilateral henon-quadrilateral.mw henon-quadrilateral.html
Henon map attractor henon1.pdf henon2.pdf henon3.pdf

Affine systems

Notes on symbolic dynamics symbolic.pdf
Evolution of Sirepinski triangle sierpinski.pdf
Evolution of Koch snowflake koch1.pdf
Contraaction maps specnorm.mw specnorm.html
  specnorm2.mw specnorm2.html
  specnorm3.mw specnorm3.html
  specnorm4.mw specnorm4.html
  specnorm5.mw specnorm5.html
IFS for fractal fern fernifs0.pdf fernifs1.pdf fernifs2.pdf fernifs3.pdf
  fernifs4.pdf fernifs5.pdf fernifs.pdf

Deterministic IFS algorithm

Single point images sierpinski-1.mw sierpinski-1.html
Full square images sierpinski-2.mw sierpinski-2.html
X fractal x.mw x.html
  deterministic-ifs.mw deterministic-ifs.html

Random iteration algorithm

Notes on chaos game sierp.pdf crules.pdf calg.pdf
Results for sierpinski triangle sierpinski-chaos.pdf
Maple results chaos.mw chaos.html
X fractal random-iteration.mw random-iteration.html
W fractal random-wfractal.mw random-wfractal.html

Area probability random iteration algorithm

W fractal proportional-wfractal.mw proportional-wfractal.html
Properties of affine maps affine.pdf
Area probability calculations probability-1.pdf probability-2.pdf
Fern algorithm fern.pdf
Fern fractal proportional-fern.mw proportional-fern.html

Assignments and Tests

assign1.pdf

assign2.pdf

assign3.pdf

assign4.pdf

PPLANE Tutorial

PPLANE tutorial