MTH-355 Discrete Dynamical Systems

Prerequisite: MTH-160 and MTH-260
This is an introductory course on the tools and theory of dynamical systems. Course topics will include periodic points and cycles, fixed points, Sharkovskii’s Theorem, sensitive dependence and chaos, recurrence, entropy, and symbolic dynamics. Additional topics may include dynamics in the complex plane, bifurcations, and/or fractal dimension. 4 credits