MAE5790-1 Course introduction and overview
1:16:31MAE5790-2 One dimensional Systems
1:16:44MAE5790-3 Overdamped bead on a rotating hoop
1:13:12MAE5790-4 Model of an insect outbreak
1:15:16MAE5790-5 Two dimensional linear systems
1:15:20MAE5790-6 Two dimensional nonlinear systems fixed points
1:07:17MAE5790-7 Conservative Systems
1:17:13MAE5790-8 Index theory and introduction to limit cycles
1:13:55Lecture 9: Testing for Closed Orbits (MAE 5790)
1:16:52Lecture 10: Van der Pol Oscillator (MAE 5790)
1:05:58Lecture 11: Averaging Theory for Weakly Nonlinear Oscillators (MAE 5790)
1:16:08Lecture 12: Bifurcations in Two-Dimensional Systems (MAE 5790)
46:54Lecture 13: Hopf Bifurcations in Aeroelastic Instabilities and Chemical Oscillators (MAE 5790)
1:07:57Lecture 14: Global Bifurcations of Cycles (MAE 5790)
1:16:23Lecture 15: Chaotic Waterwheel (MAE 5790)
1:14:12Lecture 16: Waterwheel Equations and Lorenz Equations (MAE 5790)
1:12:42Lecture 17: Chaos in the Lorenz Equations (MAE 5790)
1:16:36Lecture 18: Strange Attractor for the Lorenz Equations (MAE 5790)
1:13:48Lecture 19: One-Dimensional Maps (MAE 5790)
1:14:35Lecture 20: Universal Aspects of Period Doubling (MAE 5790)
1:11:56Lecture 21: Feigenbaum's Renormalization Analysis of Period Doubling (MAE 5790)
1:15:59Lecture 22: Renormalization: Function Space and a Hands-On Calculation (MAE 5790)
1:08:32MAE5790-1 Course introduction and overview
Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics
This introductory lecture to Cornell MAE 5790 provides an overview of nonlinear dynamics, contrasting linear and nonlinear systems. It introduces one-dimensional systems, fixed points, and their stability, using the logistic equation as a primary example.
Historical and logical overview of nonlinear dynamics. The structure of the course: work our way up from one to two to three-dimensional systems. Simple examples of linear vs. nonlinear systems. 1-D systems. Why pictures are more powerful than formulas for analyzing nonlinear systems. Fixed points. Stable and unstable fixed points. Example: Logistic equation in population biology.
Reading: Strogatz, "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos", Chapter 1 and Section 2.0--2.3.
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