Phase portraits, Lyapunov functions, and projective geometry. Lessons learned from a differential equations class and its aftermath

DOI10.1007/s00591-020-00288-yzbMath1465.34041OpenAlexW3097560541WikidataQ115385691 ScholiaQ115385691MaRDI QIDQ2663653

Lilija Naiwert, Karlheinz Spindler

Publication date: 19 April 2021

Published in: Mathematische Semesterberichte (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00591-020-00288-y

zbMATH Keywords

ordinary differential equationsLyapunov functionsmathematics educationprojective phase-portraits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological structure of integral curves, singular points, limit cycles of ordinary differential equations (34C05) Stability of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34D20) Mathematics teaching methods and classroom techniques (97D40) Reasoning and proving in the mathematics classroom (97E50)

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