Math 145, Winter 1999: Chaos Theory

Lecture 8F, 26 Feb 1999

Quiz #2

• 1. Describe two bifurcations occurring in 1D iterations (6 pts)
  HINT: eg, fold, flip
• 2. Discuss the relations between the parts of Devaney's definition of chaos (6 pts)
  HINT: 2 parts imply the third
• 3. Discuss Laplacean determinism from the viewpoint of chaos theory (6 pts)
  HINT: Poincare used sensitive dependence for this
• 4. List some uses of the critical points of a 1D map (2 pts)
• 5. Explain why you decided to take this course (optional)