Introduction to Chaos Theory. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisite: MATH 211 with a grade of C or better or MATH 213 with a grade of C or better. An elementary treatment of chaos theory and its applications concentrating on discrete dynamical systems. Uses theory and applications illustrated by computer experiments to develop such topics as bifurcation, attractors, the logistic map, period-doubling routes to chaos, symbolic dynamics, Sarkovskii's theorem, fractals, and Julia and Mandelbrot sets for complex dynamics.