Computational Methods
for Dynamical Systems

University of Bristol, 4th - 7th September 2007

Programme

Key

ARC = Alan Champneys (University of Bristol)
DB= Dave Barton (University of Bristol)
FS = Frank Schilder (University of Surrey)
PT = Phani Thota (University of Bristol)

1.60 = room 1.60 Queen's building, University of Bristol
1.61 = room 1.61 Queen's buidling.

Tues 4th Sept

10:30: Coffee and registration. 1.60
11:00- 1:00: Lecture on nonlinear dynamics and bifurcation theory. ARC 1.60
1:00- 2:00: Buffet lunch in foyer outside. 1.60
2:00- 5:30: Matlab session on brute force bifurcation diagrams. ARC & DB 1.61
: (coffee available from 3:00 in 1.60)

Weds 5th Sept

9:00-10:30: Lecture on arclength continuation & intro to [R]AUTO. FS 1.60
10:30: Coffee
11:00- 1:00: Computer assisted study of equilibrium points of ODEs. FS 1.61
1:00- 2:00: Lunch in the Hawthornes.
2:00- 3:30: Lecture on families of periodic solutions. FS 1.60
3:30- 4:00: Coffee
4:00- 6:00: Computer assisted study of periodic solutions of ODEs. FS 1.61
7:00: Gradschool dinner (venue TBC)

Thurs 6th Sept

9:00-10:30: Computer session on using command-line AUTO. FS & DB 1.61
10:30: Coffee
11:00- 1:00: Lecture on delay equations and use of DDEBiftool. DB 1.61
1:00- 2:00: Lunch in the Hawthornes
2:00- 5:30: Computer session on delay equations. DB 1.61
: (coffee available from 3.00 in 1.60)

Fri 7th Sept

9:00-10:30: Lecture on piecewise-smooth systems. ARC 1.60
10:30: Coffee
11:00- 2:45: Tutorial and lab session on TC-hat. PT 1.61
: (buffet lunch available from 12:30 in 1.60)
2:45- 3:00
: Wrap-up session and close.