S17 Class 07: Moving to 2D

 

Class 07:
Before class, watch the lecture material linked below and do the activity posted on Piazza.
Post at least one question or comment on Piazza (access via Canvas or directly).  See "Check Yourself" Q1 for details.
Check yourself via the Class 07 Check Yourself on Canvas (Due by 11:59pm on Tues Feb 7)
In class, we'll work on related ideas: (see below)
After class, complete the homework (problems due Friday Feb 17th)

Video summary:
Watch Steve's lecture on 2D linear systems
75 minutes (Steve's entire lecture)
Corresponding text: sections 5.0-5.2
 
Video broken apart by subtopic:
V01 (St)  |  2D vector fields  (00:27 to 8:37)  |  8 min
V02 (St)  |  Trajectories cannot cross  (8:37 to 21:10)  |  13 min
V03 (St)  |  Phase portraits for linear systems   (22:10 to 35:45)  |  13 min  
V04 (St)  |  Saddle points  (35:35 to 42:37)  |  7 min
V05 (St)  |  Attracting or repelling nodes  (42:55 to 55:20)  |  13 min
V06 (St)  |  Attracting or repelling spirals  (55:29 to 1:03:40)  |   8 min
V07 (St)  |  Linear center  (1:03:40 to 1:08:39)  |  5 min
V08 (St)  |  Line of fixed points and Summary  (1:08:40  to 1:15:20)  |  7 min
 

 

activity17-02-13_2dlinear.pdf304 KB
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