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The lecture notes below supplement the textbook: Strogatz, S. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994. ISBN: 9780201543445.

Bead on a Thin, Rigid, Wire (PDF)

Bifurcations: Baby Normal Forms (PDF)

Tricky Asymptotic Fixed Point Notes (PDF)

Weakly Nonlinear Oscillators (PDF)

Hopf Bifurcations (PDF)