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MU-205 · Ordinary Differential Equations

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Existence, structure and solution of differential equations.

PREREQUISITES

MU-102, MU-103

Lectures

L01
What an ODE Is: Order, Linearity, Solutions
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L02
First-Order Separable Equations
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L03
Linear First-Order Equations and Integrating Factors
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L04
Exact Equations
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L05
Existence and Uniqueness: The Question
L06
The Picard–Lindelöf Theorem
L07
Picard Iteration in Practice
L08
Continuation and Blow-Up of Solutions
L09
Second-Order Linear Equations
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L10
Superposition and the Solution Space
L11
The Wronskian and Linear Independence
L12
Abel's Identity
L13
Constant-Coefficient Equations
L14
Reduction of Order
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L15
The Method of Undetermined Coefficients
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L16
Variation of Parameters
L17
Forced Oscillation and Resonance
L18
Series Solutions and Regular Singular Points
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L19
Systems of First-Order Equations
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L20
The Matrix Exponential
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L21
Phase Portraits for Linear Systems
L22
Classification of Equilibria
L23
Nonlinear Systems and Linearisation
L24
Synthesis: Local Theory, Global Behaviour

Theorems in this unit