Nonlinear Physics:
Modeling Chaos & Complexity

Jim Crutchfield
chaos@cse.ucdavis.edu; cse.ucdavis.edu/~chaos

Spring 2010
WWW: http://cse.ucdavis.edu/~chaos/courses/nlp/

Homework 0

Problems:

  1. Find three (3) examples of unpredictability that you encounter directly over the weekend.
  2. For each, be prepared to discuss next class:
    1. Where did you encounter it?
    2. What was your interaction?
    3. Why do you consider it unpredictable?
    4. What effect did its unpredictability have on you?
    5. What aspects would you expect to be able to predict?
    6. How would you model it?
  3. Write a paragraph on each example that summarizes your answers to the above questions.

Textbook Problems: None.

Homework due one week after being assigned.