Due: Your report must be submitted by 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14.

Please note: Unlike all of the other projects this semester, this project must be done individually. In other words, you can discuss the project only with Professor Blanchard. Collaboration or consultation with anyone else is a violation of the academic conduct code (see below).

Goal: To use the techniques that we have developed for linear systems to analyze the bifurcations that occur in a certain two-parameter family of linear systems.

Bifurcations in Linear Systems: You should answer the questions that are raised in Lab 3.1 on page 341 of our text.

Your report: Your report should begin with the picture of the ab-plane requested in Part 1 of the lab, and it should occupy at least one-half of the first page. The complete report should be no longer than two pages including the figure, and it should be typed. It should include answers to the questions asked on page 341 along with important calculations that support the figure that you drew.

Academic Conduct: Your work and conduct in this course are governed by the CAS Academic Conduct Code. This code is designed to promote high standards of academic honesty and integrity as well as fairness. Copies of the code are available in CAS Room 105, and it is your responsibility to know and follow the provisions of that code. In particular, all work that you submit in this course must be your original work. For example, the computations that you do for your report, the text of your report, and the figure that you submit must be original to you. Any cases of suspected academic misconduct will be referred to the CAS Student Academic Conduct Committee.