How to study for the 2010 exam?

Please find notes on "how to study for the 2010 exam" at the lhs margin. You are advised to follow these guidelines carefully in order to be best prepared for the exam. All indicated chapters/sections should be CAREFULLY studied. You will notice that some material that we discussed in the course is in fact NOT highlighted and henceforth this will NOT appear in the exam.

3rd test

Anyone interested in their 3rd progress test (of 2/12/09) can collect their work with me in 638.

Enhanced coursework deadline 22 January 2010

For all MSc and M4 students, please note that the deadline for the Enhanced Coursework (see left-hand side margin) is 22 January 2010;  hand-in by 4pm to the student office (Huxley 649). 

Final progress test week 8

The third and last test will be on wed 2/12; 10:00-10:30. Material: [HK] sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 + lecture notes of Oleg Makarenkov (except section 3 of his notes). The emphasis  will be on the examples that were not included in the material of the last test: nonlinear expanding circle maps, 2d examples (like horseshoe and "cat map"), and interval maps (like logistic map).

Arnold "cat map" applet

http://amanuensis.co.uk/arnold.html

MSc/M4 Enhanced coursework

The enhanced coursework concerns Sharkovsky's Theorem, see problem sheet and relevant notes from [BS] section 7.3 in the left-hand side margin.

Logistic map applets

During the lectures I made use of the following applets to illustrate the behaviour of the logistic map:
http://math.la.asu.edu/~chaos/logistic.html
http://brain.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp/~kanamaru/Chaos/e/BifArea/