GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS SEMINAR


Speaker: Drew LaMar, Applied Sciences, College of William and Mary

Title: Periodic Orbit Continuation in Multiple Time Scale Systems

Abstract: Continuation methods utilizing boundary value solvers are an effective tool for computing unstable periodic orbits of dynamical systems. The standard implementation for these procedures is AUTO, which often requires very fine meshes on problems with multiple time scales. We will explore alternate strategies based on geometric singular perturbation theory for computing periodic orbits in these systems.

Time: Friday, February 8, 2008, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Place: Research I, Room 301


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