From Time series to Symbolic Dynamics: Chaos in a Magnetoelastic Ribbon

Dr. Konstantin Mischaikow

Center for Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Studies
School of Mathematics
Georgia Tech

April 10, 1998

Abstract

This talk will focus on using topological methods to determine whether experimental time series data represents chaotic dynamics. The ideas will be described in the context of data obtained from a magnetoelastic ribbon in a periodically oscillating magnetic field.