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Dynamical Systems - MATH2260
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Mathematics
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MATH1031(CR) or MATH1231 or MATH1241 or MATH1251; Excluded: MATH2200, MATH2220.
 
 
Offered: To be advised
 
 
Fee Band: 2
 
 

Description

A comprehensive introduction to continuous time and discrete time dynamical systems. Differential equations and difference equations. Linear systems. Linearization of nonlinear systems Phase plane analysis. Equilibrium fixed points and cycles, stability analysis and bifurcations. Dynamical modelling techniques with applications selected from environmental, physical, social and economic contexts.

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