Professor (Emeritus) Colin Sparrow
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Colin SparrowEmeritus Professor of Mathematics |
Teaching Responsibilities 2021/22:
Term 1: MA3F1 Introduction to Topology
Teaching Archive:
Bears: sub-module (and information about the sub-module)
Research Interests:
Dynamical systems, differential equations, bifurcations, game theory, discrete event systems
Some publications:
Swinnerton-Dyer H P F, Sparrow C, The Falkner-Skan Equation II: Dynamics and the Bifurcations of P- and Q-orbits. Journal of Differential Equations, 183, (2002) 1- 55
Burbanks A D, Nussbaum R D, Sparrow C, Extension of order-preserving maps on a cone. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 133A, (2003), 35 - 59
Sparrow C, van Strien S, Harris C, Fictitious Play in 3 x 3 Games: The Transition between Periodic and Chaotic Behaviour. Games and Economic Behaviour, 63, (2008), 259-291
van Strien S, Sparrow C, Fictitious play in 3 x 3 Games: Chaos and Dithering behaviour, , Games and Economic Behaviour, 73(1), (2011), 262-286
[For Maple worksheets associated with the two publications above, follow link to 's home page.]
Sparrow C, van Strien S, (preprint version) in , eds M.M.Peixoto et al, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics Vol 1, ISBN 978-3-642-11455-7, pages 747-760, Springer-Verlag, 2011. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11456-4_48
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