The Art of Approximation in Science and Engineering

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Introduction:
1	Introduction and managing complexity Managing complexity
Managing complexity:
2-5	Heterogeneous hierarchies	Homework 1 due in SES #5
Removing spurious complexity:
6-14	Proportional reasoning	Homework 2 due in SES #11
15-19	Conservation/box models	Homework 3 due in SES #16
20-29	Dimensions and afterword	Homework 4 due in SES #22 and Homework 5 due in SES #28
Discarding actual complexity:
30-34	Special cases
35-36	Discretization	Homework 6 due in SES #36
37-38	Spring models