PHY 28A
Physics of Information

Jim Crutchfield
chaos@ucdavis.edu; http://csc.ucdavis.edu/~chaos

WWW: http://csc.ucdavis.edu/~chaos/courses/poci/

Homework 0

Problems:

  1. Find three (3) examples of unpredictability that you encounter directly over the weekend.
  2. For each, be prepared to discuss in 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.

Use http://csc.ucdavis.edu/~chaos/courses/poci/cmpycloud.html and the submission instructions there.