CHAOS, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT ----------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Tech PHYS 7123 Fall semester 2001 Predrag Cvitanovic' Lecture 30 11:05-12:25 Tue Dec 4 2001 in Howey N209 Walk-in clinic --------------- The doctors from the Center for Nonlinear Science will diagnose the ailments plaguing your project, and prescribe proper medication. Preparation: bring in the sickly projects, such as they are today Useful for diagnostics: *) a plot (or plots) of typical trajectory for your dynamical system *) a plot (or plots) of a Poincare section of a typical trajectory for your dynamical system. *) a proposal for symbolic dynamics *) at least one (or more) equilibrium points or fixed points or periodic orbits for your system. (PS - dear doctors, the young people need your help!) --------------- Term papers due no later than 16:00 Tue Dec 11 2001 - Predrag's office ---------------