notes

• Thu Jan 22 - intro class
• Tue Jan 27 - getting started : calc review, mathematica basics, and types of equations
• Thu Jan 29 - excel octave : numerical work with excel and octave
• Tue Feb 3 - separation : separation of variables
• Thu Feb 5 - first order : first order topics
• Tue Feb 10 - more first order : homework
• Thu Feb 12 - euler and logistic : Euler's method; the logistic map.
• Tue Feb 17 - test 1 : finish 1st order; start 2nd order
• Thu Feb 19 - oscillator : 2nd order classic example
• Tue Feb 24 - damped : continue oscillator
• Thu Feb 26 - resonance
• Thu Mar 5 - finish resonance
• Tue Mar 10 - numerical tools
• Thu Mar 12 - more numerical
• Tue Mar 31 - runge kutta etc
• Thu Apr 2 - quantum well
• Tue Apr 6 - systems of equations
• Thu Apr 9 - eigens
• Tue Apr 14 - test2
• Tue Apr 21 - critical points : start chapter 9
• Thu Apr 23 - nonlinear examples 1
• Tue Apr 28 - chaos 1
• Thu Apr 30 - lorenz