MATH 4100 - Dynamical Systems

This course is an introduction to Chaotic Dynamical Systems. Topics include: iteration of functions; fixed point and periodic point analysis; symbolic dynamics, Sarkovskii’s Theorem, Bifurcation, Choas, the Schwarzian derivative, and Newton’s Method, with applications to ecology and finance.

Credits: 3

Prereq: MATH 2120
Lecture hours: 3