Section Info: MATH-241-01

Course Title: Dynamical Systems

Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026

Term: Spring Semester 2026

Description: Dynamical systems are mathematical models that evolve with time -- for example, the population of a species in an ecosystem or the price of a financial asset. This course will focus on discrete-time models where one iterates a single variable function and follows the evolution of points in its domain. Our aim will be to study the qualitative, long-term behavior of these models by developing mathematical theory and doing simulation. Topics will include periodicity, bifurcations, chaos, fractals, and computation.

Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Timothy Chumley	413-538-2299	tchumley@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Lecture	Monday and Wednesday	10:00AM - 11:15AM	KNDD - Kendade	303	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: MATH-102.	Take previously	Required

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Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 18	Available: 0	Waitlist: 19

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: A First Course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems: Theory and Experiment Author: Devaney, Robert Copyright: 2020 Edition: 2 Volume: ISBN: 9780367235994 Publisher: Routledge	Required	99.95

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This is the complete book list for this class.