SYLLABUS for course PHYD38 (in-person), Spring 2025 Title: Nonlinear Physics and Chaos _____________________________________________________________________________ Lectures (L) on Mo. in HL B110 (Highland Hall) 10:00-12:00 (12*2 hr lect) Tutorials (T) on Mo. in HL B110, 12:00-13:00 (orig. sched. as AC 332 13-14) A1-A4 four sets of assignments, submit to Quercus > Assignments, due by 10am ............................................................................. 6 Jan L1 L2 13 Jan L3, T1 20 Jan L4, T2 27 Jan L5, T3, A1 3 Feb L6, T4 10 Feb L7, T5 midterm exam 12:00-13:00 17 Feb -- -- reading week 24 Feb L8, T6, A2 3 Mar L9, T7 10 Mar L10 T8 17 Mar L11 T9, A3 24 Mar L12 T10 Research talks on 24th; drop date w/o acad. penalty 24.03. *** lectures have ended, thank you guys! it was fun. 4 Apr -- -- A4 due on Fri 10pm ------------------- 22 Apr, 19:00-22:00 BV264 final exam in person ____________________________________________________________________________ This syllabus will change slighty during the course, please download updates every week. Numbers in square brackets are chapters in Strogatz book. 0. Introduction to the course structure, requirements, and textbook: S. Strogatz "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos" 3rd ed. 2024 1. Chaos, Fractals and Dynamics and the Importance of being nonlinear [1] 2. 1-D Flows Flows on a line [2] Bifurcations [3] Catastrophes [3] Flows on a circle [4] 3. 2-D Flows Linear systems [5] Physics of flight. Stability (etudes; required material) Phase plane portraits [6] Limit cycles [7] Bifurcations again [8] [Dog and duck in a pond - not req! Read Etudes & Variations] 4. Chaos Lorenz Equations [9] 1-d maps [10] Fractals [11] The exponential fractal Strange attactors [12] 5. Nonlinear world. Additional topics in Nonlinear Science (several will be presented, perhaps from among those marked with *): * The three body and N-body systems * More bifurcation diagrams of discrete mappings * Incompressible and compressible fluid disks (galacic, protoplanetary): Lin. & nonlin. stability & evolution. Waves, resonances * Turbulent jets: order our of chaos * Nonlinear acceleration of slowly converging series Noise and signals in physical systems: white, pink, black noise Chaotic stock market Modeling and forecasting of nonlinear time-dependent processes