NPTEL : NOC:Introductory Non-Linear Dynamics (Chemistry and Biochemistry)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy


Lecture 1 - Introduction, Stability, Phase Space and Invariant Sets - 1

Lecture 2 - Introduction, Stability, Phase Space and Invariant Sets - 2

Lecture 3 - Introduction, Stability, Phase Space and Invariant Sets - 3

Lecture 4 - Maps and Flows. Simple Examples of Dynamics Systems - 1

Lecture 5 - Maps and Flows. Simple Examples of Dynamics Systems - 2

Lecture 6 - Logistic map. Simple Examples of Bifurcations

Lecture 7 - Bifurcation Diagrams. Period 3 Implies Chaos. Characterizing Chaos

Lecture 8 - Characterizing The Period-Doubling Route to Chaos

Lecture 9 - Lyapunov Exponents; Invariant measures

Lecture 10 - Intermittency. Crises

Lecture 11 - Fractals

Lecture 12 - Chaos in Flows. The Lorenz and Rossler Systems

Lecture 13 - The Baker and Horseshoe Maps

Lecture 14 - Hamiltonian Chaos - 1

Lecture 15 - Hamiltonian Chaos - 2