COURSE OFFERING FOR FALL 2001
Applied Dynamical Systems, Chaos and Modeling
An upper level undergraduate course that introduces students to the study of nonlinear dynamical systems. The course will be taught from an applied mathematics standpoint, with emphasis given to the applications of the theory.
Course Description
1. One-dimensional maps and difference equations: linear and nonlinear problems, graphical solutions, bifurcations, chaos.
2. First--order differential equations (one--dimensional flows): linear and nonlinear equations, graphical solution, bifurcations.
3. Two--dimensional flows: phase plane, stability of fixed points, periodic solutions and limit cycles; Introduction to bifurcation theory, local and global bifurcations, Tools for studying global behavior of flows: Lyapunov functions, Poincare--Bendixson Theorem, gradient flows.
4. Three--dimensional flows: Lyapunov exponents, Poincare sections, strange attractors, chaos.
5. Each of the topics will be discussed with references to applications in Mechanics, Population Dynamics, Biological Oscillators, Neurophysiological Models, Chemical Oscillators, and others. Computers will be used for mathematical experimentation and to aid in visualising solutions.
Instructor: R. Turner, 262-6272, turner@math.wisc.edu
Time and Place: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:55. Van Vleck B235
Call Number: 28188
Text: Strogatz, S. H., Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Prerequisites: Math 319, or Math 320, or consent of instructor.
NOTE: Although the course is taught at the 400 level, some graduate students from engineering, the physical sciences and mathematics might benefit from the course.
Mathematics Of Biological Computation and Bioinformatics
Instructor: Amir Assadi (Fall 2001)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course introduces selected topics from mathematical and
computational
methods that are currently used for research in molecular biology and
bioinformatics
focusing on: pattern recognition and analysis of massive data sets,
modeling
computation and information processing in biological systems. These
include:
computational methods in learning theory and intelligent systems (e.g.
associative memory, back propagation and Hopfield networks), complex
dynamical
systems. There will be a hands-on computation/mathematics lab hour that
covers tools such as Fourier and wavelet methods for processing signals
and images; statistical and probabilistic methods such as PCA, ICA and
Hidden Markov Models. Discussions are in a lecture/lab environment with
hands-on computation exercises. Several hands-on computer lab tutorials
will be provided to help with the computational background in design of
algorithms (e.g. Optimization, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms,
Evolutionary
Programming...) Much of the mathematical and computational techniques
are
equally useful in Genomics, Proteomics, and cellular biology. The grade
for the course will be based on a term project. Mathematics and
engineering/science
students are not required to know molecular biology, but to learn the
relevant
topics simultaneously through reading or other courses.
Course No. Math 991. Monday and Wednesday 3:30-4:45
(Lecture and Computation Lab).
Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor for undergraduate students. Mathematics: linear algebra, calculus, and preferably basic statistics/probability. Biology: Students without biology background will be asked to read some background materials (that will be distributed as needed) in addition to the lecture materials. Please consult with URL www.cms.wisc.edu/~cvg for more information and sample projects.
Textbooks (Recommended Only)
The advanced interdisciplinary course 777 Nonlinear dynamics, bifurcations and chaos is offered this Fall.
For details see http://eceserv0.ece.wisc.edu/~dobson/ece777.html
(If you would like to display a poster for 777, you can download it from this web site)
Ian Dobson,
ECE Department