Nonlinear OrdinaryDifferentialEquations

Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equationsby Peter J. OlverUniversity of Minnesota1. notes are concerned with initial value problems for systems of ordinary dif-ferential equations . Here our emphasis will be on nonlinearphenomena and properties,particularly those with physical relevance. Finding a solution to a differential equationmay not be so important if that solution never appears in the physical model representedby the system , or is only realized in exceptional circumstances. Thus, equilibrium solu-tions, which correspond to configurations in which the physical system does not move,only occur in everyday situations if they are stable. An unstable equilibrium will not ap-pear in practice, since slight perturbations in the system or its physical surroundings willimmediately dislodge the system far away from course, very few Nonlinear systems can be solved explicitly, and so one must typ-ically rely on a numerical scheme to accurately approximatethe solution. Basic methodsfor initial value problems, beginning with the simple Eulerscheme, and working up tothe extremely popular Runge Kutta fourth order method, will be the subject of the finalsection of the chapter.

2. First Order Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations. Let us begin by introducing the basic object of study in discrete dynamics: the initial value problem for a first order system of ordinary differential equations. Many physical applications lead to higher order systems of ordinary differential equations, but there is a

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