Syllabus

No.

Week

Topic Covered

1

3- 7 October

The difference calculus

2

10 - 14 October

Linear difference equations

3

17 - 21 October

Linear difference equations

4

24 – 27 October

The z transform

5

31 October  –

4 November

Stability of linear systems

6

7 – 11 November

Stability of nonlinear systems

7

14– 18 November

Chaotic behavior

8

21 – 25 November

Asymptotic methods

9

28  November-2 December

Asymptotic methods

10

5 –9 December

 

Sturmian theory

11

 

12-16 December

Green's function

12

19-23 December

Disconjugacy

13

26-30 December

The Riccati equation

14

2-6 January

Oscillation