Spring 2000 EXCSCI 797N
Nonlinear Dynamics of Human Movement

Instructors: R.E.A. Van Emmerik & M. Rosenstein

Dates: TUTH 11.15-12.30 (Totman, room 156)

Class Notes and Slides

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Date Topic
Feb. 3 NLD intro, topology, Poincare section, driven pendulum
Feb. 8 1D flows, 1D maps, phase portrait, vector field, fixed point stability
Feb. 10 stability examples, logistic map, simple oscillators, 2D and 3D fixed points and limit cycles
Feb. 15 Lorenz system, sensitivity to initial conditions, chaos control, Poincare map
Feb. 22 Kelso Chapters 1 & 2
Mar. 2 Kelso Chapters 4
Mar. 21 CPGs, coupled oscillators



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