In Blanchard, Devaney and Hall's book:
- chapter 1: 1.1-1.6,1.8-1.9
- chapter 2: 2.1-2.2,2.4
- chapter 3: 3.1-3.6 (see also summarizing table 3.1)
- chapter 5: 5.1
- chapter 7: 7.1-7.2
In Edwards and Penny's book:
- section 5.6 and/or lecture notes on generalized eigenvectors and some more examples ,
- section 5.7
Lecture notes on dynamic programming (alternatively sections 10.1, 10.2 in Syds?ter, Seierstad and Str?m's book)
In Syds?ter, Seierstad and Str?m's book (main reference):
- chapter 11: 11.1-11.3, 11.5
- chapter 12: 12.1-12.5,12.7
(for non-norwegian speaking students: the detailed syllabus from Seierstad and Syds?ter is here )
Referrences:
Blanchard, Devaney, Hall: Differential equations, 2006. Brooks/Cole Publ. Co.. ISBN: 0-495-01265-3. ( you can use without any problem an older edition).
Edwads, Penney: Elementary Differential Equations, 2009. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN: 978-0-13-235881-1.
Syds?ter, Seierstad, Str?m: Matematisk analyse - bind 2, 2002. Oslo : Gyldendal akademisk.
Atle Seierstad, Knut Syds?ter: Optimal Control Theory with Economic Application, 1987. Amsterdam : North-Holland. ISBN: 0-444-87923-4.