Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

Forsideomslag
John Wiley & Sons, 15. feb. 2002 - 464 sider

Nonlinear dynamics and chaos involves the study of apparent random happenings within a system or process. The subject has wide applications within mathematics, engineering, physics and other physical sciences. Since the bestselling first edition was published, there has been a lot of new research conducted in the area of nonlinear dynamics and chaos.

  • Expands on the bestselling, highly regarded first edition
  • A new chapter which will cover the new research in the area since first edition
  • Glossary of terms and a bibliography have been added
  • All figures and illustrations will be 'modernised'
  • Comprehensive and systematic account of nonlinear dynamics and chaos, still a fast-growing area of applied mathematics
  • Highly illustrated
  • Excellent introductory text, can be used for an advanced undergraduate/graduate course text
 

Indhold

Introduction
1
An overview of nonlinear phenomena
15
Point attractors in autonomous systems
26
Limit cycles in autonomous systems
50
Periodic attractors in driven oscillators
62
Chaotic attractors in forced oscillators
80
Stability and bifurcations of equilibria and cycles
106
Stability and bifurcation of maps
135
The Lorenz system
207
Rösslers band
229
Geometry of bifurcations
249
Subharmonic resonances of an offshore structure
285
Chaotic motions of an impacting system
302
Escape from a potential well
313
Appendix
359
Bibliography
402

Chaotic behaviour of one and twodimensional maps
161
The geometry of recurrence
183
Online Resources
428
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Om forfatteren (2002)

John Michael Tutill Thompson, born on 7 June 1937 in Cottingham, England, is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is married with two children.

H. B. Stewart is the author of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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