Nonlinear dynamics : a primer / Alfredo Medio, Marji Lines.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: xiii, 300 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0521551862
- 0521558743
- 9780521558747
- 515.352 21 MED
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Statics and dynamics : some elementary concepts --
Review of linear systems --
Stability of fixed points --
Invariant and attracting sets, periodic and quasiperiodic orbits --
Local bifurcations --
Chaotic sets and chaotic attractors --
Characteristic exponents, fractals, homoclinic orbits --
Transition to chaos --
The ergodic approach --
Deterministic systems and stochastic processes.
A textbook on the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems for non-mathematical final-year undergraduate or graduate students, or a reference book for researchers, in the physical and social sciences. It provides a comprehensive introduction including linear systems, stability theory of nonlinear systems, bifurcation theory, chaotic dynamics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.
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