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Math 145, Winter 1999
Lectures and Labs
PART I: The Stairway to Chaos
- Week 01
- Lecture 1M: Introduction
- Lecture 1W: The NOVA documentary
- Lecture 1F: Flows in 1D,
- Lab 0: Orientation
- Week 02
- Lecture 2M: Flows in 1D,
- Lecture 2W: Flows in 2D
- Lecture 2F: Flows in 2D and 3D
- Lab 1: 1D flows in STELLA
- Week 03
- Lecture 3M: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no meeting
- Lecture 3W: Homoclinic tangles
- Lecture 3F: Ueda attractor
- Lab 2: 2D flows
PART II: Iteration Theory
- Week 04
- Lecture 4M: 1D iterations
- Lecture 4W: Chaos in a 1D map
- Lecture 4F: Quiz #1
- Lab 3: 2D and 3D flows
- Week 05
- Lecture 5M: Chaos and determinism
- Lecture 5W: Attractor reconstruction
- Lecture 5F: Cellular dynamata
- Lab 4: 1D maps
- Week 06
- Lecture 6M: Introduction to 2D maps
- Lecture 6W: Critical curves
- Lecture 6F: Chaos in topological dynamics
- Lab 5: 1D maps
- Week 07: Fractals
- Lecture 7M: Absorbing intervals and areas
- Lecture 7W: Complex dynamics
- Lecture 7F: Yorke video
- Lab 6: 1D maps
- Week 08: What is it all for?, Quiz #2
- Lecture 8M: Peitgen video
- Lecture 8W: Critical points in 1D
- Lecture 8F: Quiz #2
- Lab 7: 2D maps
PART III: Presentations of projects by teams
Weeks 09 and 10: Schedule of projects
Week 11:
Final exam, covers lectures and lab, weeks 1-8
Revised Sunday 26 Feb 1999 by Ralph
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