bifurcation_2008_vt, "Background for Bifurcation, Catastrophe, Singularity, and All That", a supplementary discussion of bifurcation, to accompany a talk by Professor Jim Fink of the Computer Science Department at Gettysburg College delivered a lecture to Lizette Zietsman's Mathematical Modelling seminar at Virginia Tech, 21 October 2008.
The title of Jim Fink's talk was:
Bifurcation, Catastrophe, Singularity, and All That
The abstract for Jim Fink's talk was:
How did numerical analysts manage to exploit ideas from bifurcation theory, catastrophe theory, and singularity theory to model the dynamics of aircraft flight? In the spirit of the memorable treatise "1066 and All That," this question will be explored with a "fine disregard for annoying details." Despite the intimidating-sounding topics in the title, the talk will be accessible to a general undergraduate audience.
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Professor Fink recommends the following book for further information about some of the examples he discussed:
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