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Feifei Qian <br /> | |||
'''Office:''' Howey W01 (office hours TBD) <br /> | |||
'''E-mail:''' qianfeifei_china@gatech.edu <br /> | |||
Nick Gravish <br /> | Nick Gravish <br /> | ||
Revision as of 09:17, 11 September 2012
Class: Physics 4267/6268, Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos, Fall 2012
Instructor & TA
Instructor:
Prof. Daniel I. Goldman, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Office: Howey C202 (office hours: by email)
Phone: (404) 894-0993
E-mail: daniel.goldman@physics.gatech.edu
TAs:
Feifei Qian
Office: Howey W01 (office hours TBD)
E-mail: qianfeifei_china@gatech.edu
Nick Gravish
Office: Howey W01 (office hours TBD)
E-mail: nick.gravish@gmail.com
Course Description
The course offers an introductory treatment of nonlinear dynamics and chaos, including first order ODE and their bifurcations, phase plane analysis, limit cycles, Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, fractals and strange attractors. Teams of students will also conduct one week of self-guided experiments in Prof. Goldman's laboratory and prepare final report/presentation of the results.
Time and Place
Tuesday, Thursday, 9:30-11AM, Howey S204
Homework and grading
Homework sets will be given every other week. Homework must be submitted at the start of class or it will be considered late.
Final Grades
Grades will be calculated using 40% homework scores, 20% from mid-term exam, and 40% from the final project
Book
"Nonlinear Dyanamics & Chaos", Steven H. Strogatz (Westview Press, 2001)