Week | Topic |
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Jan. 18 | Course content; Simple examples of rules of evolution: introduction |
Jan. 25 | More rules of evolution : linear maps, square root of 2 |
Feb. 1 | translations on a circle and Two independent circular motion. |
Feb. 8 | The Quadratic Map. Chance |
Feb. 15 | Chance (continued), Deterministic Evolution with Continuous Time |
Feb. 22 | Ordinary Differential Equations. Newton's Laws. |
March 1 | Periodicity, Quasiperiodicity and Chaos. Strange Attractors. Friday 5th, special lecture in room 201 Van Allen Building 9:30-10:20 AM |
March 8 | Summary, Midterm 1 on Wednesday 10 |
March 15 | Spring Break |
March 22 | Newtonian Gravity; Beyond Newton's mechanics: Maxwell's equations |
March 29 | Beyond Newton's mechanics: relativity, quantum mechanics |
April 5 | The expansion of the universe: Doppler effect, Hubble's law |
April 12 | Cosmological models;The cosmic microwave radiation background |
April 19 | Thermal history of the universe |
April 26 | Inflationary cosmology; midterm II (Friday April 30) |
May 3 | Reviews |
May 10 | Final Exam: Monday May 10, 4:30 PM ; Room 70 |