SJSU, CS 286/4, 1R: 29 August

Ralph Abraham, abraham@vismath.org
Please email me:
  • your name, credit or not
  • the most advanced math course you have taken, and
  • a list of your favorite programming languages.

Today's agenda:
  • Course data
  • Course Outline:
    1. Chaos theory
    2. Complex and cellular systems
  • History of complexity / computational math
    • 1942, Richard V. Southwell, b. 1888, Relaxation Methods
    • 1950, Stan Ulam, 1909-1984, Cellular Automata
    • 1952, Alan Turing, b. 1912, Morphogenesis, Cellular Dynamical Systems
    • 1961, Yoshi Ueda, b. 1936, Chaotic Attractor
    • 1970, Jay Forrester, b. xxxx, System Dynamics
    • 1972, Hershkowicz-Kaufmann, b. xxxx, Brusselator
    • 1984, Chris Langton, b. xxxx, Artificial Life

Revised by Ralph Abraham, 29 August 2002