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Chua's circuit is a simple electronic circuit that exhibits classic chaos theory behavior. It was introduced in 1983 by Leon O. Chua, who was a visitor at Waseda University in Japan at that time. The ease of construction of the circuit has made it a ubiquitous real-world example of a chaotic system, leading some to declare it '''a paradigm for chaos'''.
Chua's circuit is a simple electronic circuit that exhibits classic chaos theory behavior. It was introduced in 1983 by Leon O. Chua, who was a visitor at Waseda University in Japan at that time. The ease of construction of the circuit has made it a ubiquitous real-world example of a chaotic system, leading some to declare it '''a paradigm for chaos'''.


== Chaotic waterwheel ==
== Lorenzian waterwheel ==


[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhOBibeW5J0 YouTube video of water wheel]]
The Lorenzian waterwheel is a physical device which is modeled by the Lorenz equations. The equations take the name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_N._Lorenz Ed Lorenz] the scientist who discovered them while studying weather dynamics.
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhOBibeW5J0 YouTube video of water wheel]


== Faraday waves ==
== Faraday waves ==

Revision as of 16:35, 11 October 2011

Below is a list experiments demonstrating the phenomena of nonlinear dynamics. For the student led experiments groups should choose one from below of supply an alternative experiment with a short proposal arguing for its applicability.

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Chua's circuit

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Chua's circuit is a simple electronic circuit that exhibits classic chaos theory behavior. It was introduced in 1983 by Leon O. Chua, who was a visitor at Waseda University in Japan at that time. The ease of construction of the circuit has made it a ubiquitous real-world example of a chaotic system, leading some to declare it a paradigm for chaos.

Lorenzian waterwheel

The Lorenzian waterwheel is a physical device which is modeled by the Lorenz equations. The equations take the name of Ed Lorenz the scientist who discovered them while studying weather dynamics.

YouTube video of water wheel

Faraday waves

Stabilized inverted pendulum

Double pendulum

Billiard / pinball chaos

Dripping faucet

Inelastic bouncing ball