Course Name | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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PHYS 310 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | Aim of this course is to introduce and to model nonlinear dynamical systems with emerging chaotic behaviour and characterization of it. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Developing models for the bahavior of particles described by the nonlinear dynamic equations, characterization and applications of emerging chaos in those equations. |
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Major Area Courses | X | |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Overview, chaos, fractals. | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch.1. |
2 | Flow on a line | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch.2 |
3 | Bifurcation | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 3 |
4 | Flow on a circle | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch.4 |
5 | 2 dimensional systems: linear systems | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 5 |
6 | Phase space | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 6 |
7 | Limit cycles | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 7. |
8 | Review till here | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 1-7 |
9 | Bifurcation in 2d systems. | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 8 |
10 | Lorenz equation | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 9 |
11 | One dimensional maps | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 10 |
12 | Fractals | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 11 |
13 | Strange attractors | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 12 |
14 | Signature of chaos in quantum physics. | The transition to Chaos L. Reichl. |
15 | Dönemin genel tekrarı | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz Ch. 1-12 |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 2nd ed. Steven H. Strogatz |
Suggested Readings/Materials | The Transition to Chaos L. E. Reichl |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 5 | 10 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 2 | 40 |
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 8 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
Study Hours Out of Class | 1 | 36 | 36 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 2 | ||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 2 | 20 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 10 | |
Total | 150 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications, | X | ||||
2 | To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method, | X | ||||
3 | To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions, | X | ||||
4 | To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably, | X | ||||
5 | To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License, | X | ||||
6 | To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in, | X | ||||
7 | To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance, | |||||
8 | To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results, | |||||
9 | To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life, | X | ||||
10 | To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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