Thesis supervisor: Tamás Tél
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Science, Institute for Theoretical Physics Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE
Description of the research topic:
Complex dynamics in driven systems with nonperiodic forcing cannot be understood by means of the traditional theory of chaos. The concept of snapshot attractors offers a new view for dissipative cases. The aim is to understand this approach and to apply it in numerical simulations. Potential applications range from mechanical systems in which the forcing is dying away up to the dynamics of climate change.
Required language skills: English (native) Further requirements: Preliminary knowledge:Ott: Chaos in Dynamcal Systems (Cambridge 1993)
Experience with the numerical solution of ordinary differential equation, with the use of Latex, Gnuplot, etc.
Basics of statistical mechanics