Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Mathematics

Department

Mathematics

First Advisor

Prakash, Chetan

Second Advisor

Dunn, Corey

Third Advisor

Trapp, Rolland, and Williams, Peter

Abstract

In this study basic principles of Chaos in Dynamics will be presented in the context of Lorenz Equations. In particular, we will see a demonstration of chaotic behavior in the Waterwheel Experiment and show how the dynamics of that experiment are a version of the Lorenz Equations.

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