Math 145, Winter 1999: Chaos Theory

Lecture 6W, 10 Feb 1999


  • Play audiotape of Warren Burt
  • Definition of "attractor"
  • Aside on point set topology
  • Review of 1D and 2D map concepts, side-by-side
  • What is an absorbing region, or absorber?
References for this material:
  • Book by Ralph, Gardini, Mira
  • All books by Mira
  • Topology, by Hall and Spencer
  • Naive Set Theory, by Halmos


Revised 08 Feb 1999 by Ralph