CHAOS, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT ----------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Tech PHYS 7123 Fall semester 2003 Why does it work? Homework Assignment #11 ------------------------ Due: Thursday 16 October Reading: chapter 13 - Why does it work? 1) Assignment: Course project description, plan -------------------------------------------- Prepare a 1-2 page sketch of a term project that you would like to do in this course, with a) description of the problem, physical motivation b) basic equations c) ultimate goals of the project * minimal: ... * realistic: ... * if lucky, then ... d) schedule of which part you intend to deliver by which date: * Thu Oct 23 2003: ... * Thu Oct 30 2003: ... * Thu Nov 06 2003: ... * Thu Nov 13 2003: ... * Thu Nov 20 2003: ... * Thu Nov 27 2003: ... * Thu Dec 04 2003: ... * Thu Dec 11 2003: Term paper deadline Ideally, your project is an investigation of a dynamical system that you find interesting - only thing I require is that it is a deterministic system (ODEs, PDEs, maps,...) and that it might exhibit chaotic behavior. You might, for example, work through a published paper that looks interesting to you. e-mail me the project outline in a form suitable for placing on http://cns.physics.gatech.edu/ChaosBook/projects/index.html#projects (ie, LaTex, ASCII, *.pdf, *.ps) 2) Assignment: optional problem ----------------------------- exercise 13.3: Euler formula What are these "optional" exercises? www.cns.gatech.edu/~predrag/courses/PHYS-7123-03/grading.html Deadline: Oct 18 at the latest --------- --------- --------- Evaluation method: ------------------ Weekly homework assignments and a term project individually tailored to student's level and research interests. Grades will be determined from the homework (60%) and the term project (40%). The term project typically requires at least two weeks of serious work. If it is related to your research or your thesis work, might take longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Homework assignment 11, project outline will be graded by Predrag Cvitanovic Homework assignment 11, optional problems will be graded by Y. Lan