PROJECTS

You must submit an outline and have it approved before submitting project.

POSSIBLE TOPICS

• \hline Lorenz model Fractal dimensions of nonlocal map
• Roessler Model (Tabor)
• Chaotic pendulum, vibrating pivot
• Solitons (need solve PDE's)
• Chaos in celestial mechanics (Scheck)
• Henon-Heiles system
• Visualization of chaotic pendulum
• Chaos in classical scattering (billiard balls)
• Chaos in semicalssical mechanics (Tabor)
• The Baker's map as a random number generator (Tabor)
• Quantum chaos
• Biological nonlinearities
• Control of Chaotic systems
• Nonlinear resonances
• Nonlinear dynamics of laser cavities

GENERAL CONTENTS

• \hline Equivalent of 15 minute talk
• Show synthesis of material
• All figures labeled.
• All figures must be explained.
• Your calculation or others?
• Relate material to course.
• Physics from which equations derive.
• Quantities must be defined.
• Computer codes given in appendices.
• Title, Introduction, Equations Solved
• Mthd of Solution,
• Discussion,
• Conclusion
• Typed, printed, or hypertext