UCSC: Porter 34B, Chaos, Fractals, and the Arts, Winter 2013, Meetings

Meetings: Tuesdays 10:00 -- 11:45 am

01. T 1/08 Shamanism, 30,000 BC [ Website ] [ HW ] [ HW Comments ]
A. Caves, shamanism, psychedelics, trance methods, David Lewis Williams
B. Stairway, attractors-basins-separatrices, 1D examples
--- Logistic family/scheme, bifurcations, response diagrams (NetLogo demos)
C. Download NetLogo, install, model library, user manual, video tutorials (as homework)
02. T 1/15 Kandinsky, 1910 [ Website ] [ HW ] [ HW Comments ]
A. Kandinsky, drums, video
B. 2D examples, Dorband family, bifurcations, response diagram (movie)
C. Patch patterns
03. T 1/22 Kupka [ Website ] [ HW ]
A1. Kandinsky, 1910
A2. Kandinsky video
A3. Kupka, 1910
B1. Ueda, 1961
B2. Poincare section
B3. NetLogo 3D demos
C. NetLogo code: variables, procedures, turtle drawings
04. T 1/29 Abstract expressionism, fractals [ Website ] [ HW ]
A. FRANK GALUSZKA (guest lecture)
B. Kupka and fractals as homework)
C. NetLogo programing, as homework
05. T 2/05 Music [ Website ] [ HW ]
Midterm
A. JONATHAN HOEFS (Guest Lecture)
B. Mandelbrot autobiography, history of fractals 1970s, Julia set, favorite artists
C. NetLogo examples: julia set, piano
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06. T 2/12 Networks [ Website ]
A. Ligeti (fractoid music)
B. Network theory keynote
C. NetLogo network models
07. T 2/19 Digital Harmony
A. LARRY CUBA (guest artist)
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08. T 2/26 Abstraction
09. T 3/05 NetLogo models for chaos, fractals (review)
10. 3 3/12 Project previews
FINAL: Th 3/21, 12:00 noon -- 3:00 pm (Final Project Show & Tell)
Revised 23 Feb 2013 by Ralph