Last
updated: 9/19/11
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Reading |
Topic |
Due |
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9/6 |
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Introduction |
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9/8 |
Chaos: The Butterfly Effect |
Sensitive
dependence on initial conditions |
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9/9 |
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Video: Scrubs: My Butterfly |
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9/12 |
Wikipedia: Determinism |
Determinism
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9/13 |
Wikipedia: Randomness |
Randomness |
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9/15 |
EW: 4,5 |
Composing
and revising basics |
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9/16 |
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Video: The Simpson's Treehouse of Horror V |
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9/19 |
Chaos: Revolution, Life’s Ups and Downs |
The
Smale Horseshoe, Bifurcations |
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9/20 |
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Writing
1 final editing/The Smale Horseshoe |
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9/22 |
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Library
Tour (Meet at Library) |
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9/23 |
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Introduction
to Iteration |
Writing #1 Final |
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9/26 |
EW: 6,7 |
"How
to Survive..." brainstorming session |
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9/27 |
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International
Education (meet in International Center) |
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9/29 |
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Iteration
Lab |
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9/30 |
HOM: 6.2 |
TLo
practices Nobel Intro |
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10/3 |
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"How
to Survive..." Presentations |
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10/4 |
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Nobel
(No class) |
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10/6 |
Chaos: The Geometry of Nature |
What
is a fractal? |
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10/7 |
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Video: Nova: Hunting the Hidden Dimension |
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10/10
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Writing
Center (meet in Writing Center)? |
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10/11
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Fractal
Activities |
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10/13
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EW: 12 |
Plagiarism: what is it and how to avoid it |
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10/14
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HOM: 6.3 |
Fractal
Lab |
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10/17
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EW: 11 |
Library
Research (meet in Library)? |
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10/18
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10/20
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10/21
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Spring
Advising discussion |
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10/24
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Fall
Break |
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10/25
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Fall
Break |
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10/27
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Chaos: Strange Attr. and Universality |
What
is a strange attractor? |
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10/28
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10/31
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Video: Feigenbaum at Nobel
Conference |
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11/1 |
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Bifurcation
Diagrams |
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11/3 |
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Feigenbaum
Constant Lab |
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11/4 |
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11/7 |
Chaos: Images of Chaos |
Discussion |
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11/8 |
HOM: 6.4 |
Complex
numbers and arithmetic |
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11/10
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The
Mandelbrot and Julia Sets |
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11/11
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EW: 13 |
Writing
your research paper |
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11/14
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More
on the Mandelbrot and Julia Sets |
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11/15
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Review
research papers |
Research Status |
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11/17
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Mandelbrot
Lab |
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11/18
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Chaos: The Dynamical Systems Collective |
Discussion |
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11/21
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Chaos: Inner Rhythms |
Discussion |
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11/22
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Open |
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11/24
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Thanksgiving
Break |
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11/25
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Thanksgiving
Break |
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11/28
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Arcadia |
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11/29 |
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Arcadia |
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12/1 |
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Arcadia |
Research Draft |
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12/2 |
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Arcadia |
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12/5 |
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Peer Review |
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12/6 |
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12/8 |
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12/9 |
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12/12
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12/13
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Evaluations |
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12/20 |
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Research Final |