Fall 2026

Ordinary Differential Equations

Covers existence, uniqueness, stability, and qualitative behavior of nonlinear ordinary differential equations including bifurcation theory.

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Historical reviews of Sigurd Angenent: The course is rated as difficult, with homework assignments delayed until the final three weeks of the term.

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Graduate/professional standing or member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program

    • Graduate/professional standing
    • member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program
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MATH 716

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  • Any of
    • Graduate/professional standing
    • member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Sigurd Angenent: Sigurd Angenent provides clear, intuitive explanations supported by good visuals. However, he delays assigning homework until the final three weeks of the term, leading to requests for more consistent assignment schedules.

SIGURD ANGENENT is recorded teaching in Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Sigurd Angenent: Sigurd Angenent provides clear, intuitive explanations with helpful visuals, though the lack of early homework assignments is a notable drawback.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Sigurd Angenent: The course is rated as difficult, with homework assignments delayed until the final three weeks of the term.

Historical reviews of Sigurd Angenent: Reviewers appreciate the clear teaching style but express frustration with the inconsistent assignment schedule.

Topics

  • Linear systems, stability, singular points, and boundary value problems
  • Qualitative behavior of nonlinear equations
  • Lyapunov functions and invariant manifolds
  • Bifurcation theory, periodic orbits, and connecting orbits

Skills

  • Apply existence, uniqueness, and continuous dependence theorems
  • Analyze qualitative behavior of nonlinear equations
  • Use Lyapunov functions and invariant manifolds for stability analysis
  • Apply bifurcation theory to identify periodic orbits and connecting orbits

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