Course Number #736797
Who: Andrew Belmonte & Jon Jacobsen
When: T-Th: 1:00 - 2:15 pm
Where: 320 Boucke
Text: Mathematics for Dynamic Modeling, 2nd. Ed., by E. Beltrami (Academic Press)

OFFICE HOURS:
Belmonte: W 3:30-4:30 in 302 McAllister
Jacobsen: M W 2:30-3:30 in 413 McAllister

Topics include:

Introduction to Modeling Harmonic Oscillators and The Pendulum Qualitative Approach to Differential Equations Bifurcation Theory, Phase Space, and Stability Self-similarity, Scaling, and the Pi Theorem Conservation Laws Traveling Waves and Standing Waves in Water Shock waves and traffic flow Traveling Waves in Reaction-Diffusion Systems Dynamics of Fluids Wings, Lift, and Flight Viscosity, Elasticity, and Polymer Fluids Deterministic models vs. Statistical models Stochastic processes, Brownian motion Chaos

Course Links	Additional Links
Penn State Undergraduate Mathematics Fall 2000 Calendar W.G. Pritchard Lab at Penn State	How Stuff Works Bad Science Nonlinearity FAQ Eric Schecter's List of Common Errors in Mathematics

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