Chaos and Divination, Revised Syllabus

• 1.1. introduction to chaos theory
  • the stairway to chaos
  • what is a function?
  • the cabinet of dr. calimari
• 1.2. chaos and divination
  • tour or the class website
  • sacred geometry (the silver section)
  • the koenig-lemaray (KL) process
  • fixed and periodic points
  • what do you mean, divination?
• 1.3. Attractors, bifurcations, and arms races
  • Fixed and periodic attractors
  • Basins and bifurcations
  • Response diagrams
  • 1D flows, catastrophe theory
  • Richardson model for arms races
• 1.4. Chaos, 2D flows, Daisyworld
  • Chaotic attractors
  • 2D flows
  • Daisyworld
• 1.5. Divination