Marc Kjerland : Chaos and perturbations in nonlinear systems

Posted by Karen Zaya , part of the Graduate Student Colloquium.

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Dec. 2, 2013, 4:30 p.m.

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SEO 636

Abstract

Most problems in contemporary science are nonlinear and often display sensitivity to initial conditions or multiscale structure. Due to these difficulties, alternative notions of "solution" must be considered. I will present some concepts from nonlinear dynamics, including chaos and perturbation response, as well as applications to problems in the mathematical geosciences.