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This document provides information about the MA 507 Ordinary Differential Equations course for Semester I 2015-2016. It outlines the instructor details, lecture times and locations, topics to be covered including existence and uniqueness of solutions, linear theory, qualitative theory, and boundary value problems. References for the course are listed and the evaluation plan splits the grade between two class tests, a mid-semester exam, and a final exam. Practice problem sets will also be assigned.

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MA507 Syllabus

This document provides information about the MA 507 Ordinary Differential Equations course for Semester I 2015-2016. It outlines the instructor details, lecture times and locations, topics to be covered including existence and uniqueness of solutions, linear theory, qualitative theory, and boundary value problems. References for the course are listed and the evaluation plan splits the grade between two class tests, a mid-semester exam, and a final exam. Practice problem sets will also be assigned.

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MA 507 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

SEMESTER I 2015-2016

General Information.
Instructor:
Chetan D. Pahlajani
Email:
[email protected]
Lecture room:
7/208 (Mon, Wed, Thu), 7/205 (Tue)
Lecture times:
(G) Mon 11:0512:00, Wed 13:0514:00, Thu 11:0512:00
Tutorials:
(L3) Tue, 16:0016:55
Office on VGEC campus: Shed 5, Room 325
Syllabus. Tentatively, we will aim to cover the following topics. For convenience,
they have been listed under the following four headings:
(1) Existence, uniqueness and related ideas: Lipschitz functions, integral
inequalities, functional analytic preliminaries, existence by Picards method,
existence by Perrons method, fixed point method, uniqueness of solutions,
continuity and differentiability of solutions with respect to initial conditions
and parameters.
(2) Linear theory: Linear equations, general theory, solutions of linear equations
with constant coefficients, equations with periodic coefficients, Floquet theory.
(3) Qualitative theory: Vector fields, graphical representation of solutions, classification of stationary points and phase portraits, oscillation and boundedness
of solutions, Lyapunov theory of stability, Poincare-Bendixson theorem and
applications.
(4) Other topics: Boundary value problems, Greens functions, distribution of
zeroes of solutions, continuation of solutions.
References.
(1) Simmons, George F., Differential equations with applications and historical
notes, second edition, McGraw Hill Education (India), 2003.
(2) Perko, Lawrence, Differential equations and dynamical systems, third edition, Springer, 2001.
(3) Chicone, Carmen, Ordinary differential equations with applications, second
edition, Springer, 2006.
(4) Brauer, F. A., and Nohel, J. A., The qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations: an introduction, Dover, 1969.
(5) Deo, S. G., Lakshmikantham, V., and Raghavendra, V., Ordinary differential equations, Tata McGraw Hill, 1997.
(6) Coddington, E. A., and Levinson, N., Theory of ordinary differential equations, McGraw Hill, 1955.
Evaluation Plan. Students will be evaluated based on their performance on one
mid-semester exam, a final (end-semester exam), and two class tests. The contributions will be weighted as follows:

MA 507 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS SEMESTER I 2015-2016

Class Test 1
15%
Mid-semester exam 35%
Class Test 2
15%
Final
35%
The dates and times for each Class Test will be announced in advance. The midsemester and end-semester examinations will be conducted as per the Institute
schedule.
Practice problems. Practice problem sets (i.e., tutorials) will be assigned frequently. These problems will not be collected and will thus not contribute to the
grade. Students are, however, strongly encouraged to work out the problems.

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