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MTH-264 Week 8 (February 25-March 2)

• Outline
• Assessments
• Handouts
• Videos
• Technology

Outline

3.5 Special Cases: Repeated and Zero Eigenvalues

• recommended: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 24
• almost spiral source and sink
• equilibrium line source and sink
• sunburst source and sink

3.7 The Trace-Determinant Plane

• recommended: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
• sinks, sources, saddles
• the borderline cases
• bifurcation of systems

Assessments

• Deadlines and File Submission
  • All assessments are due to our MTH-264 Assignments folder by 11:59pm on the date indicated.
  • No late assessments are accepted. If you have a conflict with a deadline, contact me before the deadline.
  • Solutions are posted under these links after the deadline.
• Homework
  • due Thursday, February 29: 3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 -
  • due Thursday, March 7: (none)
  • due Thursday, March 14: 3.5 - 3.7 -
• Exams
  • due Thursday, March 28: Exam 2
    • Exam 2 (solutions)
    • Exam 2 covers sections 3.1-3.5, 3.7, 5.1-5.2
    • Exam 2 will be released by 11:59pm on Thursday, March 21 and is due by 11:59pm on Thursday, March 28.

Handouts

• Announcements
  • Schmidt Award
  • Math Graduate Award
  • Honors Program introduction
  • Tutoring Center services
• Technology Tips
  • Download and Install Mathematica
  • Install DETools
  • TI-89 Slope Fields
  • TI-89 Direction Fields
• Second-Order Linear Equations
  • Second Order Linear Equations
  • Forced Damped Harmonic Oscillator Graphs
• Linear Systems
  • Linear Systems Handout
  • Introduction to Linear Systems
  • Eigenvectors
  • Constructing Eigenvectors
  • Comparing Second Order Equation to First Order System
  • Sink, Source, Saddle
  • Solution Independent of Complex Eigenvalue Choice
  • Spiral Sink, Spiral Source, Center
  • Almost Spiral Sink and Source
  • Sunburst Sink and Source
  • Equilibrium Line Sink and Source
  • Classification of Linear Systems
  • The Trace Determinant Plane
  • Linear Systems Practice
  • Families of Two-Dimensional Linear Systems

Videos

• Linear Systems: Basics
  • Matrices and Vectors
  • Matrix Multiplication
  • Trace and Determinant
  • The Characteristic Equation of a Matrix
  • Quadratic Formula Shortcut
  • A Formula of Euler
  • The Adjusted Matrix
• Linear Systems: Real, Non-zero Eigenvalues
  • Linearly Independent Solutions
  • General Solutions to a Linear System
  • Specific Solutions
  • Basic Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
  • The Hooked Exponential
  • Straight Line Solutions
  • The Dominant Eigenvalue
  • Phase Portraits - Sink, Saddle, Source
  • The Five Major Cases Completed
• Linear Systems: Complex Eigenvalues
  • Complex Eigenvalue Choice
  • Best Practices for Choosing Complex Eigenvectors
  • Decomposing a Complex Solution
  • Frequency and Angular Frequency
  • The Contests Between Frequencey and Decay
• Linear Systems: Bifurcation Cases
  • Calculating the Almost Eigenvector
  • Sunburst and Almost Spiral Cases
  • Equilibrium Line Cases
• all MTH-264 Videos (YouTube playlist)

Technology

• Communication
  • Zoom
  • Microsoft Lens
  • Apple Notes
  • Adobe Scan
  • Joining a Zoom Webinar
  • MTH-264 Assignments folder
• Desmos
  • straight-line solution example
  • sink: a parametric illustration
  • combinations of straight-line solutions
  • exercise 3.3 #22
  • graphs of spiral sink, spiral source, and centers
  • experimenting with phase shift
  • experimenting with beats
• Excel
  • Euler First-Order Equation.xlsx
  • Euler First-Order System.xlsx
• Mathematica
  • First Order Linear Systems.nb
  • First Order Systems.nb
  • StreamPlot[]-Coloring-Example.nb
  • First Order System Phase Portrait.nb