Math 130A: Ordinary Differential Equations, part I.


Homework solutions.

Below are links to homework solutions; the topics of the problems are indicated.
  • Homework 1. Equilibrium points; sinks and sources; phase-lines; bifurcation-diagrams and bifurcation. Separation of variables.
  • Homework 2. Eigenvalues and general solutions to linear systems. Converting the harmonic oscillator equation to a system or first order equations.
  • Homework 3. Eigenvalues, Jordan normal form; solutions to linear systems. Bifurcation in linear systems.
  • Homework 4. Trace and determinant. Eigenvalues and general solutions.
  • Homework 5. Jordan normal form; block matrices.
  • Homework 6. Point-set topology; general solutions for linear systems.
  • Homework 7. A pair of harmonic oscillators; exponentials of matrices. Do the exponentials of matrices commute?
  • Homework 9. Linearising non-linear systems. Behaviours of linearised systems around stationary points.