Math 145, Winter 1999: Chaos Theory

Lecture 1M, 04 Jan 1999

Introduction (see DATA)

• Math 140-149: computational and applied math
• Math 145 used to be Math 142 aka Math 51, created 1975
• Lecture period part lecture, part Q&A
• Team projects
• Labs, experimental math
• Rules, evaluations

• weeks 1-3: survey
  • Flows, 1D, 2D, 3D
  • Cascades, Poincare sections
  • Iterations
  • Symbolic dynamics
  • Complex and cellular dyn systems
• weeks 4-8: iteration theory
  • 1D
  • 2D
• weeks 9-10: presentations

Revised 04 Jan 1999 by Ralph