Deterministic Chaos
An Introduction
2nd Edition
Published in November 1987
Book
Hardback
XIII, 270 pages
978-3-527-26862-7 (ISBN)
Description
This revised and updated version of a classic introduction to deterministic chaos views the field from a physicist's point of view. This edition contains new sections on sensitive parameter dependence, fat fractals, characterization of attractors by scaling indices, the Farey tree, and the notion of global universality. The book answers basic questions such as what is deterministic chaos, how is it generated, where does it occur, and what can one learn from a chaotic signal? It also explains advanced concepts such as bifurcations, intermittency, Liapunov exponents, functional renormalization groups, and strange attractors. The book requires no background beyond that possessed by a graduate student in physics.
More details
Edition
2., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Weinheim
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
162 Abb., 13 Tab.
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-527-26862-7 (9783527268627)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Experiments and Simple Models; Piecewise Linear Maps and Deterministic Chaos; Universal Behavior of Quadratic Maps; The Intermittency Route to Chaos; Strange Attractors in Dissipative Dynamical Systems; The Transition from Quasiperiodicity to Chaos; Regular and Irregular Motion in Conservative Systems; Chaos in Quantum Systems?; Outlook; Appendix; Remarks and References; Subject Index.