Chaos Under Control: The Art and Science of Complexity

by

David Peak, Physics Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4415
(PeakD@cc.usu.edu)
and
Michael Frame, Mathematics Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308
(FrameM@union.edu)

W.H. Freeman, Publishers
1994
ISBN 0-7167-2429-4


Downloadable files can be retrieved from http://www.math.union.edu//research/chaos/welcome.html  These include: (1) An article (MSWord 6.0.1 document), "Order and Chaos: Art and Magic--A First College Course in Quantitative Reasoning Based on Fractals and Chaos," describing successes the authors have had teaching from CUC at Union College, Yale University, the University of Richmond, and Utah State University, and containing example syllabi. (2) Two MSWord 6.0.1 files, Exercises and SelectedAnswers, containing many more problems of various kinds and hints to their solutions. (3) Five executable programs ("TreenessEmerging," "IterateAgainSam," "WaitingForMandelbro," "DesperatelySeekingChaos," and "Cellabration") and related textual material that you will want to read. (4) A few laboratory exercises related to some of the course topics.