12.006J / 18.353J / 2.050J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, Fall 2006
Author(s)
Rothman, Daniel
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Alternative title
Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos
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This course provides an introduction to the theory and phenomenology of nonlinear dynamics and chaos in dissipative systems. The content is structured to be of general interest to undergraduates in science and engineering.
Date issued
2006-12Other identifiers
12.006J-Fall2006
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Keywords
Forced and parametric oscillators, Phase space, Periodic, quasiperiodic, and aperiodic flows, Sensitivity to initial conditions and strange attractors, Lorenz attractor, Period doubling, intermittency, and quasiperiodicity, Scaling and universality, Analysis of experimental data: Fourier transforms, Poincar? sections, fractal dimension, Lyaponov exponents