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AMATH 851Stability Theory and Applications

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Applied Mathematics

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Concepts of stability and boundedness, basic stability criteria, comparison methods, large scale systems, method of decomposition and aggregation, method of several Lyapunov functions, method of vector Lyapunov functions, method of higher derivatives. Stability problems in ecology, mechanics, neural networks and control systems. Students should have completed AM751 or equivalent.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

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Leads to

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2017

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u/UWCourseLinker: “… Partial Differential Equations AMATH 777 - Stochastic Processes in the Physical Sciences AMATH 851 - Stability Theory and Applications AMATH 855 - Advanced Systems Analysis and Control AMATH 863 - Hydrodynamic Stability and Turbulence AMATH 867 - Dispersive and Nonlinear Waves …”

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