Michael Cross

Professor of Theoretical Physics

Guest Lecture for CDS104: Introductory Concepts for Dynamical Systems

Resources

• Slides
• Demonstrations: Lorenz model
  • Introduction
  • Poincare and return maps
  • Dependence on parameters
  • Archive of all the files you need to set up the demonstrations off line.

References

• Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos by S. H. Strogatz
• Notes and demonstrations from my 2000 class Ph161. The notes include many references selected from the original literature.
• Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow, by E. Lorenz, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 20, 130 (1963)
• Chaos in Dynamical Systems by E. Ott