ญญญMath 462/512 Syllabus and Homework Assignments (Prof. Lushnikov), Fall 2026

Column Date below is filled with dates for sections I (Prof. Lushnikov)  finished lecturing on. LP means Lawrence Perko's book. Homeworks ares due on Tuesdays (I pick up homework before lecture start) for all sections assigned from the previous week. For your convenience I also include due date for each homework assignment in column Due date. Currently there are topics listed for all the material I plan to cover. However, I might decide to change some of them as the semester progresses, perhaps even adding or deleting topics. Please return to this page periodically to make sure you are working the correct homework problems.

 

 

Date

Section

Homework

Due date

 

 

 

Hw 1:

 

1

08/18/26

LP Chapter 1. Solutions and IVPs; Linear systems

 

 

2

08/20/26

LP Chapter 1. Linear Systems with constant coefficients. matrix exponentials and fundamental solutions.

LP 1.1 p.5: 1(b,d),6

09/01/26

 

  

 

 

 

3

08/25/26

LP Chapter 1. Linear Systems with constant coefficients;  distinct and equal real roots

LP 1.2 p.9: 1(a),2,3(c),6

LP 1.4 p.19: 4

LP 1.7 p.37: 1(a),2(b)

09/01/26

4

08/27/26

LP  Chapter 1. Linear Systems with constant coefficients: complex roots; Operators and Norms.

LP 1.5 p.26: 1(a,b,c),5 

LP 1.3 p.15: 1(a,b,c),3,7(a)

09/01/26

 

 

 

Hw 2:

 

5

09/01/26

LP Chapter 1.  Linear Systems with constant coefficients: general case. Handouts for matrix exponent.

LP 1.6 p.32: 2,4

LP 1.7 p.37: 3(d,f

09/15/26

6

09/03/26

LP Chapter 1. Jordan canonical form

LP 1.8 p.47: 2(a,b,c,d),4,7,10 

LP  1.3 p.15: 2, 5

09/15/26

 

 

 

 

7

09/08/26

LP Chapter 1. Stability Theory. Nonhomogeneous Systems

LP 1.9 p.58: 2(b,d), 3

 

09/15/26

8

09/10/26

LP Chapter 2.Nonlinear autonomous systems-generalities

LP Chapter 2. Existence-uniqueness theorem

 

Handouts: reduction of order in linear ODE.

LP 1.10 p.62: 1,2,3(optional for extra credit)

LP 2.1 p 69: 1(a,c)(see also Remark 1),2,3

LP 2.2 p. 77: 1,2

Problem1

09/15/26

 

 

Hw 3:

 

9

09/15/26

LP Chapter 2. Existence-uniqueness theorem

LP 2.1 p 69: 4,5

LP 2.2 p. 77: 4,5(optional),6,9,10(optional)

10/06/26

10

09/17/26

LP Chapter 2. Dependence on initial conditions.

LP 2.3 p. 84: 1,2,5,6

10/06/26

 

 

 

 

11

09/22/26

LP Chapter 2.Intervals of existence; flows

LP 2.4 p. 94: 1(a,b)  

10/06/26

12

09/24/26

LP Chapter 2.Intervals of existence; flows. 

LP 2.4 p. 94: 2(b),3 

10/06/26

 

 

 

13

09/29/26

Test 1 in Class. No hw due on  09/29/26 

 

 

14

10/01/26

LP Chapter 2.Intervals of existence; flows. 

LP Chapter 2.The variational equation. Linearization. The Stable Manifold Theorem

LP 2.4 p.94: 5

LP 2.5 p.100: 1,3,6,7

10/06/26

 

 

Hw 4:

 

15

10/06/26

LP Chapter 2.The Stable Manifold Theorem

 LP 2.6 p.104: 1,2,3 

LP 2.7 p.117: 1,2,4,5,6,

7(optional)  

10/20/26

16

10/08/26

 Fall break 

 

 

 

  

 

 

17

10/13/26

LP Chapter 2.The Stable manifold Theorem

LP 2.9 p134: 2,4,5(b)(use stronger criterion for instability and try a quadratic function as U; analyze only origin, i.e. skip other equilibrium points), 5(d) (optional problem for extra credit; also analyze only origin, i.e. skip other equilibrium points),7,8, Problems

10/20/26

18

10/15/26

LP Chapter 2.The Stable manifold Theorem; Stability; Lyapunov functions; Handouts: Criterion for Instability

10/20/26

 

 

Hw 5:

 

19

10/20/26

LP Chapter 2.  Critical points in R2

 

11/10/26

20

10/22/26

LP Chapter 2.Center Manifold Theorem; Normal Forms

 

11/10/26

 

 

 

 

26

10/27/26

LP Chapter 2.Center Manifold Theorem; Normal Forms

 

22

10/29/26

LP Chapter 2.Normal Forms.

 

11/10/26

 

 

 

 

23

11/03/26

LP Chapter 2.Normal Forms. Gradient and Hamiltonian Systems

 

11/10/26

24

11/05/26

Test 2 in Class.

 

 

 

Hw 6:

 

25

11/10/26

LP Chapter 3.Dynamical systems and Global Existence Theorems. 

 

11/24/26

26

11/12/26

LP Chapter 3. Dynamical systems and Global Existence Theorems.  Limit Sets.

 

11/24/26

 

 

Hw 7:

 

27

11/17/26

LP Chapter 3. Stability of Periodic Orbits; The Poincare Map. 

11/24/26

28

11/19/26

Stability of Periodic Orbits; The Poincare Map.  Floquet theory. 

 

11/24/26

 

 

Hw 8:

 

29

11/24/26

 The Stable Manifold Theorem for Periodic Orbits.  

3.7 Poincare-Bendixson theory.

3.9 Bendixson`s and Dulac`s criteria

 

12/01/26

30

11/26/26

Thanksgiving 

 

12/01/26

 

 

Hw 9:

 

31

12/01/26

LP Chapter 3. Hill equation. Mathieu equation. Hill equation. Introduction to perturbation theory. 

12/05/26

32

12/03/26

The Averaging theorem for 1d systems
The Hopf bifurcation 

   

    

 

  

  

   

    

 

TBA 

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