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Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 460 - Non-linear Systems and Chaos

3 cr.
An introduction to qualitative and geometric methods to study nonlinear ordinary differential equations and discrete time maps.  Topics include first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, phase plane analysis, limit cycles, Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors.