Programme › Year II What cosmology needs from this course
The Friedmann equation is a differential equation for a(t); oscillators, waves and the growth of small density ripples into galaxies are all described by differential equations.
Lectures (0 of 32 with pages so far) Lecture 1 The Geometrical View of y'= f(x,y) MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 2 Euler's Numerical Method for y'=f(x,y) MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 3 Solving First-order Linear ODEs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 4 First-order Substitution Methods MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 5 First-order Autonomous ODEs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 6 Complex Numbers and Complex Exponentials MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 7 First-order Linear with Constant Coefficients MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 8 Continuation MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 9 Solving Second-order Linear ODE's with Constant Coefficients MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 10 Continuation: Complex Characteristic Roots MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 11 Theory of General Second-order Linear Homogeneous ODEs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 12 Continuation: General Theory for Inhomogeneous ODEs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 13 Finding Particular Solutions to Inhomogeneous ODEs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 14 Interpretation of the Exceptional Case: Resonance MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 15 Introduction to Fourier Series MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 16 Continuation: More General Periods MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 17 Finding Particular Solutions via Fourier Series MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 19 Introduction to the Laplace Transform MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 20 Derivative Formulas MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 21 Convolution Formula MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 22 Using Laplace Transform to Solve ODEs with Discontinuous Inputs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 23 Use with Impulse Inputs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 24 Introduction to First-order Systems of ODEs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 25 Homogeneous Linear Systems with Constant Coefficients MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 26 Continuation: Repeated Real Eigenvalues MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 27 Sketching Solutions of 2x2 Homogeneous Linear System with Constant Coefficients MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 28 Matrix Methods for Inhomogeneous Systems MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 29 Matrix Exponentials MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 30 Decoupling Linear Systems with Constant Coefficients MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 31 Non-linear Autonomous Systems MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 32 Limit Cycles MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Lecture 33 Relation Between Non-linear Systems and First-order ODEs MIT ↗ Page not written yet
Note: Lecture 18 was an exam and has no lecture video.