These tools are then used to develop insight into the central notions of chaos, such as period doubling, basins of attraction, Lyapunov exponents, and fractal dimensions. Physics 211 or Mathematics 219. Enrollment limited to 15. Seminar in Theoretical Physics. An intensive investigation into a contemporary field of physics.
Special topics vary from year to year.
Areas of investigation have included general relativity, relativistic quantum mechanics, the quantum theory of scattering, and quantum optics. Internship in the Natural Sciences. An off-campus participation by qualified students as team members in an experimental program in a research laboratory project. By specific arrangement and departmental approval only. Registration in this unit is granted by the department only after the student has submitted a written proposal for a full-time research project to be completed during the Short Term and has secured the sponsorship of a member of the department to direct the study and evaluate results.