UCSC: Porter 34B, Fractals, Chaos Theory, and the Arts, Winter 2016, Meetings

Meetings: Tuesdays 10:00 -- 11:45 am, Porter C-118

Threads
A. Consciousness studies
B. Basic chaos theorry
C. Computer programming
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01. T 1/05 Week #01
A1. Models of consciousness, psychedelic spirituality, exemplary models, vibrations and forms
02. T 1/12 Week #02
A2. Cymatics, time-line, spanda, grex, hans jenny
B2. Basic chaos theory, attractors, basins, seperatrices, bifurcations, 1D demo
C2. NetLogo programming, models, agents, piano model
03. T 1/19 Week #03
B3. Chaotic attractors, Mira 2D demo
C3. NetLogo patch pattern model
04. T 1/26 Week #04
A4. Science and consciousness, the problem of the self
B4. The chaos revolution, obstacles to prediction: sensitivity to initial conditions and bifurcations
C4. NetLogo turtle drawing model
05. T 2/02 Week #05
B5. Plane symmetry groups of the square (cyclic and dihedral)
C5. NetLogo square quilt model
06. T 2/09 Week #06 (proposed)
Midterm
B6. History of iteration chaos, birth of experimental chaos, Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou
C6. Image entropy model
07. T 2/16 Week #07
A7. Guest lecture, Juan Acosta-Irquidi: Psychedelic research
08. T 2/23 Week #08
A8. Guest lecture, Frank Galuszka: Psychedelic art
09. T 3/01 Week #09
10. T 3/08 Week #10
Student presentations
FINAL: Monday 3/14, 12--3 pm in C-118
Revised 08 Feb 2016 by Ralph