29::009 Directions in Modern Physics: Preparation of Midterm 1

Wednesday March 10; 9:30 PM

Format: 2 questions about the lectures, one question about the homeworks, one question about the readings. Open notes and open books. Suggested preparation: go throught the lecture notes and review the homeworks and readings at the appropriate places. hw is short for homework and R is short for Ruelle's book "Chance and Chaos".

  1. Simple examples of Dynamical Systems
  2. Chance
  3. Newtonian Mechanics
  4. Strange Attractors (new reading material, R chapters 8 to 12)