Theron Hitchman

Teaching

This semester I am teaching Math 251 (Discrete Mathematics) again and also Math 405, Geometric Ordinary Differential Equations. In 405, we shall study the theory of differential equations with an emphasis on more geometric and qualitative techniques. The course should serve as an introduction to dynamical systems, too. The goal is to get far enough to understand the discovery of homoclinic webs and chaotic behavior in the restricted three body problem by Poincaré.


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Training


Here are links to pages with information from some of my previous classes:
Math 251 Discrete Mathematics, Williams College, Fall 2006
Math 211 Linear Algebra, Williams College, Fall 2006
I have begun work with an undergraduate at Williams (Jon Dahlberg) on a question involving homogeneous geometries.
 
Math 212 Multivariable Calculus, Rice Univeristy, Spring 2006
Math 101 Single Variable Calculus I, Rice University, Fall 2005
Math 211 Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra, Rice University, Spring 2005
Math 465 Topics in Algebra: Introduction to Lie Groups and Algebras, Rice University, Fall 2004
Math 102 Single Variable Calculus II, Rice University, Spring 2004
Math 381 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Rice University, Fall 2003
I have also overseen independent reading classes for undergraduates in the following topics:
Representations of Lie algebras and particle physics (Spring 2005), Fuchsian Groups (Fall 2005)