CHAOS, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT 
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	Georgia Tech PHYS 7123			 Fall semester 2001  
	Predrag Cvitanovic'

	Lecture 1:         10:05-10:55 Monday, Aug 20 in Howey S106

An overview
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That deterministic dynamics leads to chaos is no surprise to anyone
who has tried pool, billiards or snooker - that is what the game is
about - so we start our course about what is chaos and what to do
about it by a game of pinball. This might seem a trifle trivial, but a
pinball is to chaotic dynamics what a pendulum is to integrable
systems: thinking clearly about what is ``chaos'' in a pinball will help
us tackle more difficult problems, such as computing diffusion
constants in deterministic gases, or computing the Helium spectrum. 

Reading:
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	Classical and Quantum Chaos	---    www.nbi.dk/ChaosBook
	chapter 1
	appendix A 

Exercises:
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	1.1, 1.2, 1.3 - due Tue Aug 28 at 12:25

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	Lecture 2:         11:05-11:55 Tue, Aug 21 in Howey S106
	Lecture 3:         11:05-11:55 Thu, Aug 23 in Howey S106
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		                Predrag Cvitanovic'
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