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Homework Assignments for Math 415

( In Strogatz, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos)

Date Assigned

Date Due

Problems

01/09/2012

01/18/2012

Read chapters 1 and 2

Problems #2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.3.2   

01/18/201201/25/2012Problems #2.4.1, 2.4.5, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.4
01/23/201202/01/2012Problems #3.2.3, 3.4.2, 3.7.4 (the last problem is hard!)
01/30/201202/08/2012Problems #3.6.2(a)(b), 4.1.3, 4.3.3
02/06/201202/15/2012Problems #5.2.1, 5.2.3, 5.2.13, 6.1.2, 6.2.2, 6.3.1
02/15/2012Exam 1, see Exam 1 Notes in below
02/13/201202/24/2012Problems #6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.5.1, 6.5.6
02/22/201202/29/2012Problems #6.6.1, 6.6.7, 6.7.1, 6.7.2
02/27/201203/07/2012Problems #6.8.6, 6.8.7, 7.2.7, 7.2.10, 7.2.13.  For problem 6.8.7, the second equation should be y' = y (1 - x).
03/05/201203/21/2012Problems #7.3.1, 7.3.6, 7.5.4
03/19/201203/28/2012Problems #7.6.4, 7.6.5, 7.6.7, 7.6.15(a)
03/26/201204/04/2012Problems #8.1.6, 8.1.9, 8.2.2, 8.2.4(a)(b), 8.2.12
04/02/201204/11/2012Problems #8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.5.3(a), 8.6.1  Bonus (5 points) #8.5.3(b)
04/04/2012Exam 2
04/09/2012Abstracts Due
04/09/201204/18/12Problems #8.7.9, 9.2.1
04/16/201204/25/2012Problems #9.2.3, 9.2.4, 9.2.5
04/27/2012Report Due


Eric Larson's homework solutions

Date AssignedLink to solutions
01/09/2012Math_415_EL_HW_1
01/18/2012Math  415_EL_HW_2
01/23/2012Math  415_EL_HW_3
01/23/2012 (Schumaker)Math_415_Homework_3
01/30/2012 (Schumaker)Math_415_Homework_4
02/06/2012Math_415_EL_HW_5Answers
02/13/2012 (Schumaker)Math_415_Homework_6

Downloads and links

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ExamI06Ans.pdf
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ExamII06.pdf
practice exam II with answers
ExamII06Ans.pdf
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