Math 145, Winter 1999: Chaos Theory

Lecture 5M, 01 Feb 1999

  • Order
    • A periodic attractor in the ring model
    • Laplacean determinism
    • Laplace, 1799
  • Chaos
    • A chaotic attractor in the ring model
    • Sensitive dependence
    • Poincare, 1903
References for this material:
  • Ivars Peterson, Newton's Clock: Chaos in the Solar System

Revised 12 Feb 1999 by Ralph