CHAOS, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT  	
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	Georgia Tech PHYS 7123			 Fall semester 2003  
	

Why does it work?  			    Homework Assignment #11
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Due: Thursday 16 October

Reading: chapter 13 - Why does it work? 

1) Assignment: Course project description, plan
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   Prepare a 1-2 page sketch of a term project that
   you would like to do in this course, with

	a) description of the problem, physical motivation
	b) basic equations
	c) ultimate goals of the project 
	   * minimal: ...
	   * realistic: ...
	   * if lucky, then ...
	d) schedule of which part you intend to deliver by which date:
	   * Thu Oct 23 2003: ...
	   * Thu Oct 30 2003: ...
	   * Thu Nov 06 2003: ...
	   * Thu Nov 13 2003: ...
	   * Thu Nov 20 2003: ...
	   * Thu Nov 27 2003: ...
	   * Thu Dec 04 2003: ...
	   * Thu Dec 11 2003: Term paper deadline

   Ideally, your project is an investigation of a dynamical system
   that you find interesting - only thing I
   require is that it is a deterministic system (ODEs, PDEs, maps,...) and
   that it might exhibit chaotic behavior. You might, for example, work through
   a published paper that looks interesting to you.

e-mail me the project outline in a form suitable for placing on
	http://cns.physics.gatech.edu/ChaosBook/projects/index.html#projects
(ie, LaTex, ASCII, *.pdf, *.ps) 

2) Assignment: optional problem
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exercise 13.3: Euler formula

	What are these "optional" exercises?
	www.cns.gatech.edu/~predrag/courses/PHYS-7123-03/grading.html

Deadline: Oct 18 at the latest
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Evaluation method:
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Weekly homework assignments and a term project individually tailored
to student's level and research interests. Grades will be determined
from the homework (60%) and the term project (40%). 

The term project typically requires at least two weeks of serious work.
If it is related to your research or your thesis work, might take longer.

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Homework assignment 11, project outline will be graded by Predrag Cvitanovic 
Homework assignment 11, optional problems will be graded by Y. Lan