Tuesday 20/03/07

Towards an understanding of chaos - 1

Poincare maps
Chaos:
Sensitivity to initial conditions
The Lorenz attractor
The period-doubling route to chaos
The R
ossler attractor
Chaos through transversal homoclinic orbits (tangle of manifolds)
The Duffing equation

References for this class

[1] R. H. Abraham and C. D. Shaw. Dynamics - The geometry of Behavior, Part II: Chaotic Behavior,
Part III: Global Behavior, Part IV: Bifurcation Behavior. Aerial Press, 1989.
[2] K. T. Alligood, T. D. Sauer, and J. A. Yorke. Chaos. Springer, 1996.
[3] D. K. Arrowsmith and C. M. Place. An Introduction to Dynamical Systems. Cambridge University
Press, 1990.
[4] D. K. Arrowsmith and C. M. Place. Dynamical Systems. Chapman Hall/CRC Mathematics, 1992.
[5] J. Guckenheimer and P. Holmes. Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems, and Bifurcations of
Vector Fields. Springer, 1997.
[6] A. J. Lichtenberg and M. A. Lieberman. Regular and Chaotic Dynamics. Springer-Verlag, 1992.
[7] J. M. Ottino. The kinematics of mixing: streching, chaos, and transport. Cambridge University Press,
1989.
[8] S. H. Strogatz. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Westview Press, 1994.
[9] S. Wiggins. Introduction to Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos. Springer, 1990.

March 2007,
Maria Zakynthinaki

Thursday 22/03/07
Towards an understanding of chaos - 2
Chaos, transport and mixing in fluids
The horse-shoe map
Stretching and folding
Tangle of manifolds
Lobe diagrams
Chaotic advection

References for this class

[1] D. K. Arrowsmith and C. M. Place. An Introduction to Dynamical Systems. Cambridge University
Press, 1990.
[2] J. M. Ottino. The kinematics of mixing: streching, chaos, and transport. Cambridge University Press,
1989.
[3] J. R. Stirling. Transport and bifurcation in a non area preserving 2 dimensional map with applications
to the discharge of pollution in an estuarine flow. PHYSICA D, 144:169193, 2000.
[4] S. Wiggins. Chaotic Transport in Dynamical Systems. Springer-Verlag, 1992.

March 2007,
Maria Zakynthinaki - James Stirling

Tuesday 27/03/07
Towards an understanding of chaos - 3
Lobe dynamics
Chaos through homoclinic/heteroclinic tangles: Melnikovs method
The Hamiltonian function for a 2-dimensional system
Example: Melnikovs method for Duffings equation

References for this class

[1] D. K. Arrowsmith and C. M. Place. An Introduction to Dynamical Systems. Cambridge University
Press, 1990.
[2] J. Guckenheimer and P. Holmes. Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems, and Bifurcations of
Vector Fields. Springer, 1997.
[3] A. J. Lichtenberg and M. A. Lieberman. Regular and Chaotic Dynamics. Springer-Verlag, 1992.
[4] J. M. Ottino. The kinematics of mixing: streching, chaos, and transport. Cambridge University Press,
1989.
[5] S. Wiggins. Introduction to Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos. Springer, 1990.
[6] S. Wiggins. Chaotic Transport in Dynamical Systems. Springer-Verlag, 1992.

March 2007,
Maria Zakynthinaki