Simon Fraser University Department of Mathematics
Spring 2003

MATH 467-3: Dynamical Systems

Proposed Project Topics: 

Names are listed in alphabetical order; [...] indicates that the title is not yet confirmed.  Have fun!

Clive Agyar & Kevin Topsy Fractals and their Applications to Biology
Wilson Au The Duffing Oscillator
Akinder Bains & Nikki Mann Philosophy and Dynamics: The Interrelationship between Determinism and Chaos
Carl Chan & Peter Ha Weather Dynamics
Kevin Chan Chaotic Behaviour of the Hydrogen Atom in a Magnetic Field
Neal Chan Fractal Terrain Generation
Cecilia Cheng, Jenny Chung
& Meng-Hua Lin
Chaotic Dynamics in Laser Physics
Craig Cowan Discrete Dynamics: Various Definitions of Chaotic Maps and some Simple Consequences
Kevin Davis Signal Transduction and Chaos in Biochemical Oscillator Models
Kenny Fung Dynamics of a Golf Swing
Alexander Grant & Anol Kahriman The Stock Market as a Dynamical System
Daria Gudeljevic
& Margareta Setiawati
A Nonlinear Dynamics Approach to Modelling Short-Term Memory
Andrew Janz & Ray Tang The Stock Market and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Timothy Lau & Simon Yeung Topics in Classical Mechanics: Vancouver Tower
Lawrence Lee Mechanism of Bursting Electrical Activity in Neuron Transmission in Different Tissue Types
Adam Lein (& Anna Belkine) Biological and Artificial Neural Networks as Dynamical Systems
Enkeleida Lushi & Amita Vulimiri Bifurcations and Pattern Formation in Nonlinear Fluid Systems
Kirill Melnykov Chaos and Cryptography
Jerry Ngan The Lorenzian Waterwheel
Tuan Nguyen & Khang Vu Fractal Images
Amir Niroumand Determinism, Chaos and the Meaning of Randomness or Quantum Theory
Edmund Poon & Angela So Stability and Oscillation in Campaigns
Vikal Reddy & Yao Tang Chaos and Multiplicity of Equilibria in Economics
Sonya Semail & Cindy Tam Fractals for High School
Kin-Man Sham & Meander Wong Models of Population Dynamics and Ecology in Three Dimensions
Firdes Shehu The Dynamics of Nonlinear Optical Resonators
Martin Wong Control of Chaos

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