North Carolina State University
Department of Mathematics
Fall Semester, 2002

MA732 --- Ordinary Differential Equations II

Text: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, 3rd edition,
      by Lawrence Perko

Topics: The general topics of the course in approximate order are as follows:

1. Limit set and attractors
2. Periodic orbits, limit cycle and separatrix
3. Stable and unstable manifold for periodic solutions
4. Poincare Bendixson theory
5. Bifurcations, 
6. Fredholm's alternative.
7. Traveling wave, boundary and internal layer solutions

There will be one test, one project and one final exam. 
The grade is determined by:

1. Homework 	30%
2. Test         20%
3. project      20%
3. Final        30%