18.353J, Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos,
Rosales, Rodolfo, TR 9:30-11, Room 2-131.
Provisional Lecture schedule. It will be updated to keep it
reasonably accurate: students may have more (or less) difficulty
than expected for the topics, requiring adjustments.

Lecture 01. Thu 2023/09/07
Introduction. What is a dynamical system.
Attractors. Tipping points. Linear vs Nonlinear.

Problem set #1 posted.

Lecture 02. Tue 2023/09/12
Complexity diagram.
Critical points and linearization.
Existence and uniqueness.
Meta-theorem.

Lecture 03. Thu 2023/09/14
Flows on the line. Examples.
Well and illposed. Examples.

Lecture 04. Tue 2023/09/19
Bifurcations.
   
Lecture 05. Thu 2023/09/21
Bifurcations.

Problem set #2 posted.

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