MATH3963 Differential Equations and Biomathematics (Advanced)

General Information

This page contains information on the Senior advanced Unit of Study MATH3963 Differential Equations and Biomathematics (Advanced).

• Taught in Semester 1.
• Credit point value: 6.
• Classes per week: Three lectures and one tutorial.
• Lecturer(s): Martin Wechselberger .

Please refer to the Senior Mathematics and Statistics Handbook for all questions relating to Senior Mathematics and Statistics. In particular, see the MATH3963 handbook entry for further information relating to MATH3963.

You may also view the Faculty Handbook entry for MATH3963 in the central units of study database.

Info

Course Info sheet

Office hour: Thursday 13:00-14:00 (weeks 2-12); additional consultation hours only by appointment.

Announcements

Assignment 1: due 11am Thursday April 5th in Carslaw 520 (Maths and Stats Student office)

Midterm test: Monday, April 23, noon, in Carslaw 375 (lecture and tutorial material covered in weeks 1-5 and tutorials 1-5 will be examined); (sol-sheet)

Assignment 2: (due date and time TBA at the end of week 11)

Lecture Material

A helpful source for this course is the textbook 'Differential Dynamical Systems' by J.D. Meiss which is on Reserve in the SciTech Library. Chapters/Sections of interest are:

Week1: Chapter 1 (1.1,1.2,1.3), Week2: Chapter 8 (8.1,8.2,8.4,8.7), Week3: Chapter 3 (3.1,3.2),

Week4: Chapter 3 (3.3,3.4,3.5), Week5: Chapter 1 (1.5), Chapter 2 (2.2),

Week6: Chapter 2 (2.1,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6), Week7: Chapter 2 (2.7), Chapter 4 (4.1,4.2,4.4,4.5,4.6),

Week8: Chapter 4 (4.7,4.8), Chapter 5 (5.1,5.3,5.4), Week9: Chapter 5 (5.2,5.5,5.6), Chapter 8 (8.6),

Week10: Chapter 4 (4.9,4.10), Chapter 8 (8.8),

Here you can find copies of my lecture material (Note, this material does not represent a full set of lecture notes; you should also consult the above mentioned book):

Week1, Week2, Week3, Week4, Week5, Week6, Week7, Week8, Week9,

Week10,

Computer Lab

All tutorials will be held in the computer labs (Carslaw, 6th or 7th floor). Here is a Lab info sheet. It provides you with basic information about our computer labs, how to login, a UNIX summary, etc. Please make sure that you are able to login before you attend the first lab.

We will use the software package XPPAUT as a complementary tool to analyse tutorial questions and assignments. A basic introduction to this software package will be given as part of the tutorials in weeks 2 and 3.

For more information, please have a look at the XPPAUT online tutorial.

Tutorials and Assignments

Please download tutorial sheets prior to the tutorial. Solution sheets will be posted at the end of the corresponding week together with the next tutorial sheet.

Each assignment sheet will be posted at the end of the week announced.

Timetable

Last revised 30/03/12

All rooms are in the Carslaw building unless otherwise indicated.