MAT630: Dynamical Systems and Chaos 6 credits (40-20-0)

Objectives

To introduce dynamical systems and chaotic behaviours of dynamical systems and presents the mathematical tools for the analysis.

Contents

Dynamical systems and stability; Hamiltonean and Lagrangean dynamics; chaotic systems and properties; Local and global bifurcations; Strange attractors and fractals; Entropies; Chaotic scattering.