Lecture Notes on Dynamics
for
Nonlinear Physics: Modeling Chaos & Complexity
(Physics 150/250, Spring 2010)

• First Lecture: Oultine [HTML] or Slides [PDF].
• Dynamics Lecture 2, The Big Picture: Outline [HTML] or Slides [PDF].
• Dynamics Lecture 3, Example Dynamical Systems: Outline [HTML] or Slides [PDF].
• Dynamics Lecture 4, The Big, Big Picture (Bifurcations I): Outline [HTML] or Slides [PDF], and Numerical integration of ODEs [PDF].
• Dynamics Lecture 5: The Big, Big Picture (Bifurcations II): Outline [HTML] or Slides [PDF] and Project suggestions [PDF].
• Dynamics Lecture 6, Mechanisms of Chaos—Stable Instability: Outline [HTML] or Slides [PDF].
• Dynamics Lecture 7, Example Chaotic Maps (that you can analyze) Outline [HTML] or Slides [PDF].
• Dynamics Lecture 8, From Determinism to Stochasticity: Outline [HTML] or Slides [PDF].