Introduction to nonlinear dynamical systems: from mathematics to experiments

• Grant number: 08/02354-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2008
• End date: April 30, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Guéron
• Grantee: Jéssica Glória Jorge Batista
• Host Institution: Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição (CMCC). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The study of nonlinear dynamical systems and complex systems lead to a contact with theoretical nontrivial concepts like non-inerrability, exponential divergence, strange attractors and fractal geometry, synchronization, etc. At the same time, many accessible experiments using teaching equipment can be developed. We intend in this project to study theory and properties of nonlinear dynamical systems and, by means of simple assemblies, analyzing some of the predicted phenomena.