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episode 119: Chaos
This episode is about chaos, or more specifically non-linear dynamics and sensitive dependency on initial conditions. We talk to Harry Swinney and Michael Marder, both from UT Austin’s Center for Nonlinear Dynamics. We discuss the basics of chaos, the kinds of systems that exhibit chaotic behavior, fractals, the phase space and the strange attractor. We also discussed practical applications of chaos theory and Harry’s and Michael’s current work.
- Harry Swinney
- Harry Swinney (WP)
- Michael Marder
- Center for Nonlinear Dynamics
- Chaos theory (WP)
- Nonlinear system (WP)
- Determinism (WP)
- Calculus (WP)
- Lorentz: deterministic non-periodic behavior (WP)
- Poincare (WP)
- Aleksandr Lyapunov (WP)
- Arcadia (play) (WP)
- Chaos: Making a New Science: (James Gleick)
- Phase space (WP)
- Uncertainty principle (WP)
- Statistical mechanics (WP)
- Logistic Equation (WP)
- Robert May (WP)
- The Period Doubling Sequence: A Turtle Graphics – YouTube
- Feigenbaum constants (WP)
- Nate Silver (WP)
- Lyapunov exponent (WP)
- Benoit Mandelbrot (WP)
- Emergence (WP)
- Wolfram New Kind of Science (WP)
- Automaton (WP)
- Granular material (WP)
- Phase space (WP)
- Fractal (WP)
- Paper: The Fractal Geometry of Nature
- Equilibrium (WP)
- Phase Change (WP)
- Critical point (thermodynamics) (WP)
- Reynolds number (WP)
- Laminar flow (WP)
- Turbulence (WP)
- Cardiac Dysrhythmia (WP)
- Internal Gravity Waves in Oceans (WP)