MAT8102 Chaos (FOSCI)

Units 1.0 (Mathematics) Band 2

Pre-requisite: MAT2100 and MAT3103

Recommended prior study: MAT3105 and STA2300 and CSC2409

Synopsis

Contact the Examiner to study this course by distance education. This course introduces concepts, analysis and appearances of chaos in dynamical systems, both theoretically and in applications. The approach is in the context of modern dynamical systems theory and relies mainly upon geometrical intuition rather than algebraic virtuosity. Starting from a classical view of dynamics, the course discusses strange attractors, the analysis of chaotic data series, and the period doubling and intermittent routes to chaos. This course is normally offered only in odd years.