To interconnect different mathematical fields
To connect mathematics with real life problems and students of different lecture courses
To learn to be critical and to ask relevant questions.

Schedule
Lecture:	Friday 9:45-11:15	30.41 HS III	Begin: 28.10.2016

Lecturers
Lecturer	PD Dr. Gudrun Thäter
	Office hours: by appointment
	Room 3.023 Kollegiengebäude Mathematik (20.30)
	Email: gudrun.thaeter@kit.edu

In the lecture course we cover the following topics:

Game theory
Julia Sets
Oscillation
Population Models
Simulation of traffic
Chaotic behavior
Heat conduction
Fluids and flow

During the lecture course there will be one lecture of a person from industry and an excursion at the end. There is a lot of extra material available through the Modellansatz Podcast with German and English episodes.

Examination

To register for the exam you have to finish the work on a modelling project during the term in a group of 2-3 persons. The topic of the project is up to the choice of each group. There will be recommended projects for groups without own ideas.

The project can be finished either with a written report to be handed in one week before the end of the term or an oral presentation during the two last weeks of the term.

Due to the workload of 90 min of lectures each week and a project which translates into about 45 min per week (during term) the participants earn 4 ECTS by passing the exam.

The exam is an oral exam on all matters from the lecture course. There will be two examination days: The first one a week or two after the term and the second one immediately before the new term.

References

Hans-Joachim Bungartz e.a.: Modeling and Simulation: An Application-Oriented Introduction, Springer, Sept. 2013

It is available as e-books through the KIT-library