CS382:Chaos - Revision history

Takizmi at 12:31, 9 March 2009

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	[https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php/CS382:Chaos_templated New Page: CS382 Chaos]		[https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php/CS382:Chaos_templated New Page: CS382 Chaos templated]

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Takizmi at 00:54, 9 March 2009

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			[https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php/CS382:Chaos_templated New Page: CS382 Chaos]

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	This unit is about chaotic system. Chaotic system typically appear in climate model.		This unit is about chaotic system. Chaotic system typically appear in climate model.

Kay: /* Background Reading */

2009-02-26T19:25:37Z

Background Reading

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			<font color="blue">You're missing the synopses about what these links are about.</font>
	*[http://library.thinkquest.org/12170/history/lorenz.html Making Order Out of Chaos: Edward Lorenz]		*[http://library.thinkquest.org/12170/history/lorenz.html Making Order Out of Chaos: Edward Lorenz]
	*[http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0469(1963)020%3C0130%3ADNF%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Edward N. Lorenz "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow"]		*[http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0469(1963)020%3C0130%3ADNF%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Edward N. Lorenz "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow"]

Kay: /* Lab Activity */

2009-02-26T19:16:50Z

Lab Activity

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	*JAVA application [http://brain.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp/~kanamaru/Chaos/e/Lorenz/ Lorenz Attractor]		*JAVA application [http://brain.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp/~kanamaru/Chaos/e/Lorenz/ Lorenz Attractor]
	*To show chaotic system (climate might be to complex)		*To show chaotic system (climate might be to complex)
	*Look up Shodor (function flyer)		*Look up Shodor (function flyer) - <font color="blue">Did this yield anything you could use?</font>
	* <font color=red> Is something simple like the Game of Life the right way to demonstrate chaotic systems? Very interactive, simple, scripted exercises are easy to do, lots of supporting material, etc. </font>		* <font color=red> Is something simple like the Game of Life the right way to demonstrate chaotic systems? Very interactive, simple, scripted exercises are easy to do, lots of supporting material, etc. </font> <font color="blue">Seconded. Or alternatively, introduce it with Game of Life and let them play with that, and then go to the Lorenz attractor.</font>

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Kay: /* Classroom Response Question */

2009-02-26T19:15:36Z

Classroom Response Question

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	**d. (from weather channel)		**d. (from weather channel)

	*How accurate are weather forecasts?		*How accurate are weather forecasts? - <font color="blue">Do we ever give them a straight percentage somewhere in the lab or lecture?</font>
	**a. 100%		**a. 100%
	**b. 90%		**b. 90%

Kay: /* Lecture Note */

2009-02-26T19:14:53Z

Lecture Note

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	**Introducing how weather channel forecasts tomorrow's climate		**Introducing how weather channel forecasts tomorrow's climate
	**Different between numerical weather prediction and deterministic climate model		**Different between numerical weather prediction and deterministic climate model
	**[http://www.weather.gov/ NOAA]		**[http://www.weather.gov/ NOAA] - <font color="blue">What were you going to talk about about this?</font>

	*Lecture 4:		*Lecture 4:

Kay: /* Background Reading */

2009-02-26T19:13:50Z

Background Reading

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	** <font color="blue">Do we actually have the article and not just the abstract? I think this reading is probably going to be too far over the heads of the freshmen.</font>		** <font color="blue">Do we actually have the article and not just the abstract? I think this reading is probably going to be too far over the heads of the freshmen.</font>
	*[http://dnf.evsc.net/ Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow (1963)]		*[http://dnf.evsc.net/ Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow (1963)]
	** <font color="blue">Interesting, but this is going to need more information on how to explain this to the students and how to fit this into the unit.		** <font color="blue">Interesting, but this is going to need more information on how to explain this to the students and how to fit this into the unit.</font>
	*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140092501/jamesgleick James Gleick "Chaos: Making a New Science"](chapter 1)		*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140092501/jamesgleick James Gleick "Chaos: Making a New Science"](chapter 1)
	** <font color="blue">Charlie has a copy of this, right?</font>		** <font color="blue">Charlie has a copy of this, right?</font>

Kay: /* Background Reading */

2009-02-26T19:13:34Z

Background Reading

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	*[http://library.thinkquest.org/12170/history/lorenz.html Making Order Out of Chaos: Edward Lorenz]		*[http://library.thinkquest.org/12170/history/lorenz.html Making Order Out of Chaos: Edward Lorenz]
	*[http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0469(1963)020%3C0130%3ADNF%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Edward N. Lorenz "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow"]		*[http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0469(1963)020%3C0130%3ADNF%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Edward N. Lorenz "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow"]
			** <font color="blue">Do we actually have the article and not just the abstract? I think this reading is probably going to be too far over the heads of the freshmen.</font>
	*[http://dnf.evsc.net/ Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow (1963)]		*[http://dnf.evsc.net/ Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow (1963)]
			** <font color="blue">Interesting, but this is going to need more information on how to explain this to the students and how to fit this into the unit.
	*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140092501/jamesgleick James Gleick "Chaos: Making a New Science"](chapter 1)		*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140092501/jamesgleick James Gleick "Chaos: Making a New Science"](chapter 1)
			** <font color="blue">Charlie has a copy of this, right?</font>
			* <font color="blue">I think students might more easily grasp the vocabulary of "butterfly effect," so perhaps more reading that references that would be helpful.</font>

	=Lecture Note=		=Lecture Note=

Kay: /* Climate Model */

2009-02-26T19:08:29Z

Climate Model

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	This unit is about chaotic system. Chaotic system typically appear in climate model.		This unit is about chaotic system. Chaotic system typically appear in climate model.
			* <font color="blue">A little bit more about what chaotic systems are would be nice here.</font>

	A famous chaotic theory was found from the research of climate model. It could be worthy to introduce how Edward Lorenz found deterministic climate model cannot predict future climate because of the initial parameters.		A famous chaotic theory was found from the research of climate model. It could be worthy to introduce how Edward Lorenz found deterministic climate model cannot predict future climate because of the initial parameters.
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	This unit will be an issue about the upper limit of computational model.		This unit will be an issue about the upper limit of computational model.
			* <font color="blue">Not sure I understand what you mean by this.</font>

	=Background Reading=		=Background Reading=

Charliep: /* Lab Activity */

2009-02-25T17:02:08Z

Lab Activity

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	*To show chaotic system (climate might be to complex)		*To show chaotic system (climate might be to complex)
	*Look up Shodor (function flyer)		*Look up Shodor (function flyer)
			* <font color=red> Is something simple like the Game of Life the right way to demonstrate chaotic systems? Very interactive, simple, scripted exercises are easy to do, lots of supporting material, etc. </font>

	=Scheduling=		=Scheduling=