NLD Pre-Lab
INCLUDE THIS SHEET AS THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR REPORT.
Before the 1st Day of Lab
Student's Name: ______________________________________________________________
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Pre-lab Questions and Sign Off Sheet
It is your responsibility to discuss this lab with an instructor before your first day of your scheduled lab period. This signed sheet must be included as the first page of your report. Without it you will lose grade points. You should be prepared to discuss at least the following before you come to lab:
- What is Non-linear Dynamics (NLD)? Specifically what is it that is non-linear?
- What is chaos? What are the defining characteristics of chaos?
- Present and solve on the board the problems 9.3.1 and 11.4.2 in Ref. 1.
- What is the Feigenbaum ratio? What does it mean? See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FeigenbaumConstant.html and http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chaos.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifurcation_diagram for help.
- What is a return map? What is a Poincaré map? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_map
- What is a Fourier Transform? What does the power spectrum of a square wave look like? What is aliasing?
Staff Signature ______________________________________________ Date ____________
Completed before the first day of lab? (circle) Yes / No
Mid-lab Questions and Sign Off Sheet
- Demonstrate the Cobweb VI that you wrote, showing regions of chaos and periodicity.
Staff Signature ______________________________________________ Date ____________
Completed by the fourth day of lab? (circle) Yes / No