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SUMMARY:"How to Synchronize Chaotic Systems"
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Louis Pecora\, United States Naval Research Laborator
	y\nHosted by: Plamen Ivanov\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/internal//files/
	download/10.17Pecora\n\nPart of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\
	nThe concept of synchronized systems has been around for centuries with one
	 of the earliest studies being on the synchronization of clocks by Christia
	an Huygens in the mid 1700's. By the mid 1900's it was well-known how to ma
	thematically model the synchronization of systems that oscillated periodica
	lly or regularly\, i.e. in a steady\, repeatable way. But as a new type of 
	motion called chaos started to be studied in the 1970's the notion of synch
	ronization of such systems was difficult to grasp since chaotic systems nev
	er repeated or had regular periodic motion. Their movement was complex on a
	ll levels and fractal in nature. I'll introduce the notion of chaos and the
	n show how one can synchronize chaotic systems. I'll give a little history 
	of the subject and mention some possible uses proposed for such systems.  A
	lthough I will start with two synchronized chaotic systems\, I'll show how 
	to synchronize an entire network of chaotic oscillators and\, more importan
	tly\, how to determine the stability of such systems in a way that solves t
	he problem for all networks linking a particular oscillator type at each ne
	twork node. I'll wind up introducing the more complex problem of cluster sy
	nchronization\, which I'll talk about at a more technical talk the followin
	g day.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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