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Subject: Re: QUERY: Chaotic Systems
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>I don't know if this is the right forum to post this question, so
>please feel free to correct me.

Perhaps sci.physics?

>Can anyone point me towards the current research in chaotic systems,
>and which schools are doing work in that area?  If you know, what
>kinds of prerequisites should I expect?

What kind of chaotic systems are you interested in? There are at least three
branches. Certain types of theoretical physicists work of the dynamics
of small systems, generally unphysical ones, with chaotic motions. 
There is a large body of work on chaos in the dynamics of fluids; this is
done by both physicists and engineers. Finally there is chaos in quantum
systems, which interests both extremely high-power theoretical physicists
and rather down-to-earth chemical physics types such as myself. 
Unfortunately, I can't really answer your question except for the chemical
physics people. Here at Illinois there are also the first type of physicists.

Doug McDonald
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
Urbana