| Homework | 200 |
| Midterm Test 1 | 100 |
| Midterm Test 2 | 100 |
| Final | 200 |
| Total | 600 |
| Date | Section and Homework |
|---|---|
| Sept 24 | Introduction, 8.1, (ASY 1.1) |
| 26 | 9.1 Periodic points (ASY 1.6) |
| 29 | 9.2 Graphical method (ASY 1.2) |
| 30 | Homework 1: 9.1: 1ab, 2, 3, 4 |
| Oct 1 | 9.3 Stability (ASY 1.3 & 1.4) |
| 3 | 9.3.2 Logistic family (ASY 1.5) |
| 6 | 9.4 Bifurcation of periodic points (ASY 11.1 & 12.2) |
| 7 | Homework 2: 9.2.1; 9.3.1; 9.3.6; 9.3.9; 9.3.12 |
| 8 | 9.4 Bifurcation of periodic points (ASY 11.1 & 12.2) & 9.4.1 Bifurcation diagram (ASY 1.5 & 12.1) |
| 10 | 9.5 Schwarzian derivative (ASY 3.5) |
| 13 | 9.6 Conjugacy (ASY 3.3) |
| 14 | Homework 3: 9.4.1; 9.4.2; 9.4.3; 9.5.1; 9.5.2; 9.5.3 |
| 15 | 9.6 Conjugacy (ASY 3.3) |
| 17 | 9.7 Applications |
| 20 | Review & Look at : 9.6.1 |
| 21 | Test 1 ( covers Chapter 9 ) |
| 22 | 10.1 Transition graphs (ASY 1.8, 3.4) |
| 24 | 10.1.1 Sharkovskii Theorem (ASY Challenges 1 & 3) |
| 27 | 10.1.1 Sharkovskii Theorem (ASY Challenges 1 & 3) |
| 28 | Homework 4: 10.1:1,2,3,5 |
| 29 | 10.2 Topological transitivity (ASY 3.2) |
| 31 | 10.3 Sequences of Symbol |
| Nov 3 | 10.3 Sequences of Symbol; 10.4 Sensitive dependence (ASY 1.7) | |
| 4 | Homework 5: 10.2: 1, 2, 3; 10.3: 1, 2 | |
| 5 | 10.5 Cantor sets (ASY 4.1) | |
| 7 | 10.5 Cantor sets (ASY 4.1) | |
| 10 | 10.6 Subshifts (ASY 6.3); 10.6.1 Counting periodic points | |
| 11 | Homework 6: 10.4: 1, 6; 10.5: 2, 3 | |
| 12 | 10.7 Applications | |
| 14 | 11.1 Limit sets (ASY 6.1) | |
| 17 | Review & Look at: 10.6:1, 3, 5 | |
| 18 | Test 2; | |
| 19 | 11.2 Chaotic attractors (ASY 6.2) | |
| 21 | 11.2.1 Expanding maps with discontinuites | |
| 24 | 11.2.1 Expanding maps with discontinuites | |
| 25 | Homework 7: 11.1.2; 11.2: 1, 2, 4 | |
| 26 | No class | |
| 28 | Thanksgiving | |
| Dec 1 | 11.3 Lyapunov exponents (ASY 3.1); Look at 11.3: 1,7 | |
| 2 | No class; | |
| 3 | Review | |
| 5 | Review | |
| 8 | Final, 9-11 AM (Final cannot be rescheduled) |