Math 313-2, R. Clark Robinson
Class Assignments, Spring 2003

Book: Notes to be available on Blackboard

Homework 200
Midterm Test 100
Project 50
Final 200
Total 550

DateSection and Homework
Mar 314.4.1 Measures (ASY 6.4)
April 2 Frequency measures 4.4.2, (ASY 6.5)
4 4.4.2 Frequency measures (ASY 6.5)
7 4.4.3, Invariant measures for expanding maps (ASY 6.6)
8Homework 1: 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3 (see prob.pdf for these last two problems)
95.1 Dynamics of Linear Maps (ASY 2.3 & 2.4)
115.1 Dynamics of Linear Maps (ASY 2.3 & 2.4)
145.2 Stability of periodic points (ASY 2.5)
15Homework 2: 5.1.1 (see chapter handout or prob.pdf)
165.3 Stable manifolds (ASY 2.6 & 10.1)
18 5.3.1, 5.3.2 (ASY 10.5), & 5.3.3 Other topics about stable manifolds
216.1 Geometric horseshoe (ASY 5.6)
22Homework 3: 5.2.3, 5.2.6, 5.3.1
236.2.1 Correctly aligned boxes (ASY 5.4)
256.2.2 Markov partitions (ASY 5.5)
286.3 Homoclinic points and horseshoes (ASY 10.2)
29Homework 4: 6.1.1, 6.1.3, 6.2.1, 6.3.1 (6.2.2 on latest version of chapter)
30 6.3 Homoclinic points and horseshoes (ASY 10.2)
May 2 6.6: Attractors (ASY 6.1)



Math 313-2, Spring 2003

May 5 6.4.1 Sensitive dependence and chaotic attractors (ASY 6.2)
6Test; No homework
7 6.5 Lyapunov exponents (ASY 2.7 & 5.1 )
9 6.5 Lyapunov exponents (ASY 5.1 & 5.2 )
12 6.5 Lyapunov exponents (ASY 5.1 & 5.2 ); 6.6 Applications
13Homework 5: 6.3.1 (heteroclinic points), 6.4.1, 6.4.4 (modified solenoid), 6.5.2, 6.5.3
14 7.1 Box dimension (ASY 4.5)
16 7.1 Box dimension (ASY 4.5)
19 7.3 Iterated function systems (ASY 4.2)
20Homework 6: 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.6, 7.1.7
21 7.3 Iterated function systems (ASY 4.2)
23 7.3 Iterated function systems (ASY 4.2)
26Memorial Day
27Homework 7: 7.3.1, 7.3.3, 7.3.6
28 Poincare map of a system of differential equations, topic will not be on final
30 Reconstructing an attractor from data (ASY Chapter 13), topic will not be on final
June 2Review
3No Class
4Review
6Review
10 Final, 9-11 AM

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