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								3.00 Credits 
								Bifurcations, normal forms, pattern formations, mixing, Lagrangian chaos, and applications to fluid dynamics.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								Sobolev spaces; incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations; weak and strong solutions; attractors and the connection with turbulence; geophysical applications. Completion of a course in Differential Equations II is strongly recommended prior to enrollment in this course.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								Bounded linear and compact operators on Hilbert spaces. Linear integral equations, Fredholm and Hilbert-Schmidt theory, and approximate methods. Distributions. Completion of a course in Applied Analysis is strongly recommended prior to enrollment in this course.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								Regular and singular perturbation methods for ordinary and partial differential equations, Boundary layer theory, matched asymptotic expansions, multiple-scale, homogenization, and WKB methods. Application to nonlinear oscillations, bifurcation and stability problems. Completion of a course in Differential Equations II or Partial Differential Equations in Engineering is strongly recommended prior to enrollment in this course.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								Existence and uniqueness theorems, boundary value and initial value problems, characteristics, Green's functions, maximum principle, distributions, and weak solutions.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								Continuation of APM 576. Completion of a course in the Theory of Partial Differential Equations is strongly recommended prior to enrollment in this course.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								Manifolds, tangent and cotangent bundle, Lie theory, integrability and controllability, and feedback control. Students should have previously taken coursework in differential equations, applied analysis, applied probability, and stochastic processes.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								Variational principles, Euler-Lagrange equations, Hamiltonian systems, optimal control, connections and curvature. Students should have previously taken coursework in differential equations, applied analysis, applied probability, and stochastic processes.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								1.00 - 12.00 Credits 
								A small class emphasizing discussion, presentations by students, and written research papers.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								1.00 - 4.00 Credits 
								Topical courses not offered in regular course rotation--e.g., new courses not in the catalog, courses by visiting faculty, courses on timely topics, highly specialized courses responding to unique student demand.
 
							
						 
				
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