Chaos and Complex Systems Seminar
A Search for the Simplest Chaotic Partial Differential Equation
Event Details
Date
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
5310 Chamberlin Hall
Description
Charlie Brummitt, Department of Physics, discusses his search for the simplest chaotic partial differential equation (PDE), concluding that the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation is likely the simplest chaotic PDE. However, he finds a strikingly simple PDE that is chaotic in the discrete limit of finitely many, coupled ordinary differential equations (ODEs).
Cost
Free
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