| Date | Topic | Homework | Grader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/29 M | Introduction | - | - |
| 1/31 W | The snowflake curve | Problem 1 | - |
| 2/2 F | The carpet. Self-similar sets | HW 1 (due 2/9) | - |
| 2/5 M | The Cantor set. Self-similarity dimension | Reading: Briggs p. 61-72, Stewart p. 219-20. | - |
| 2/7 W | Introduction to iteration | - | - |
| 2/9 F | More iteration | HW 2 (due 2/16) | - |
| 2/12 M | - | In HW2 problem 5, iterate x^2-.2 not x^2-1.1; also make a number line in problems 1 and 2. | - |
| 2/14 W | - | Reading: Stewart Prologue and Ch 1. | - |
| 2/16 F | Introduction to chaos | HW 3 (due 2/23) | - |
| 2/19 M | ruler dimension | Reading: Stewart Ch 2. | - |
| 2/21 W | - | - | - |
| 2/23 F | - | HW 4 (due 3/2) | - |
| 2/26 M | - | - | - |
| 2/28 W | - | - | - |
| 3/2 F | - | - | - |
| 3/5 M | - | - | - |
| 3/7 W | - | - | - |
| 3/9 F | - | Exam 1 (due 3/16) | - |
| 3/12 M | box dimension | - | - |
| 3/14 W | Video: "Chaos, fractals and dynamics" | - | - |
| 3/16 F | - | Lab 2: The sound of chaos (due 3/27) | - |
| 3/26 M | The Feigenbaum diagram | - | - |
| 3/28 W | - | Lab 3: Windows in the Feigenbaum diagram | - |
| 3/30 F | - | Lab 4 | - |
| 4/2 M | - | Lab 5 | - |
| 4/4 W | The weather, etc. (Briggs: p. 55-60 and 131-136. Stewart: Chapter 7) | HW 5 (due 4/11) | - |
| 4/6 F | The Lorenz attractor | - | - |
| 4/9 M | arithmetic with complex numbers | HW 6 (due 4/16) | - |
| 4/11 W | - | - | - |
| 4/13 F | Lab 6 | HW 7 (due 4/20) | - |
| 4/16 M | - | - | - |
| 4/18 W | - | - | - |
| 4/20 F | - | - | - |
| 4/23 M | - | - | - |
| 4/25 W | Lab 7 | - | - |
| 4/27 F | Introduction to the Mandelbrot set | - | - |
| - | 200-level project on Newton's method (due 5/8) | - | - |
| 4/30 M | - | - | - |
| 5/2 W | - | - | - |
| 5/4 F | - | - | - |
| 5/7 M | - | - | - |
| 5/8 Tu | All written work (homework, labs, etc) is due Tuesday May 8 at 5 PM | - | - |