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Mastering Differential Equations: The Visual Method

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Overview

Embark on an amazing mathematical journey in 24
intellectually stimulating and visually engaging half hour lectures.

Topics Covered:
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  • 01: What Is a Differential Equation?
  • 02: A Limited-Growth Population Model
  • 03: Classification of Equilibrium Points
  • 04: Bifurcations-Drastic Changes in Solutions
  • 05: Methods for Finding Explicit Solutions
  • 06: How Computers Solve Differential Equations
  • 07: Systems of Equations-A Predator-Prey System
  • 08: Second-Order Equations-The Mass-Spring System
  • 09: Damped and Undamped Harmonic Oscillators
  • 10: Beating Modes and Resonance of Oscillators
  • 11: Linear Systems of Differential Equations
  • 12: An Excursion into Linear Algebra
  • 13: Visualizing Complex and Zero Eigenvalues
  • 14: Summarizing All Possible Linear Solutions
  • 15: Nonlinear Systems Viewed Globally-Nullclines
  • 16: Nonlinear Systems near Equilibria-Linearization
  • 17: Bifurcations in a Competing Species Model
  • 18: Limit Cycles and Oscillations in Chemistry
  • 19: All Sorts of Nonlinear Pendulums
  • 20: Periodic Forcing and How Chaos Occurs
  • 21: Understanding Chaos with Iterated Functions
  • 22: Periods and Ordering of Iterated Functions
  • 23: Chaotic Itineraries in a Space of All Sequences

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