MATH 121 - (MA) An Introduction to Dynamical Systems
Semester Hours:3Periodically
A study of one dimensional discrete dynamical systems and the quadratic family on the real line and in the complex plane using abstract mathematical techniques and computer experimental methods. Topics include: topological conjugacy, Sarkovskii’s Theorem, graphical analysis of orbits, bifurcation theory, chaos symbolic dynamics, fractals, Julia and Mandelbrot sets.