Interdisciplinary Nonlinear Dynamics Interdisciplinary Nonlinear Dynamics

ESAM 438

Fall 2000

Hermann Riecke

Syllabus and other class material

This class gives an introduction to nonlinear dynamical systems as they arise in a wide range of areas of science and engineering. While the main goal of the class is to present the concepts and techniques needed for dealing with these systems it will do so from an applied perspective making contact with physical systems wherever possible. The course will build on the textbook Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering by S. Strogatz.

Figure 1: a) Period-doubling cascade and chaos in logistic map. b) Snapshot of spiral-defect chaos in fluid convection (courtesy E. Bodenschatz).

Key topics to be discussed include

Location and Time: TuTh 10:30-12:00 TCH M152

For more information call, send e-mail, or stop by: 491-8316; h-riecke@nwu.edu; M458.

The Fall Quarter course will be followed by a projects-based course in Spring Quarter on The Thermodynamics of Small Systems, which will investigate the relationship between the dynamics of systems with few degrees of freedom and their thermodynamics. This part of the course will be directed by M. Johnson (BME, 467-7143) and S. Lichter (ME, 467-1885).

These courses are part of the new IGERT program Complex Systems in Science and Engineering


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