Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with Student Solutions Manual
With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering, Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 23. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
935 pages
978-0-8133-5084-4 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors.
Reviews / Votes
"The new edition has a friendly yet clear technical style . . . One of the book's biggest strengths is that it explains core concepts through practical examples drawn from various fields and from real-world systems . . . the author's excellent use of geometric and graphical techniques greatly clarifies what can be amazingly complex behavior." Physics Today"Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos is an excellent book that effectively demonstrates the power and beauty of the theory of dynamical systems. Its readers will want to learn more." Mathematical Association of America "The new edition has a friendly yet clear technical style . . . One of the book's biggest strengths is that it explains core concepts through practical examples drawn from various fields and from real-world systems . . . the author's excellent use of geometric and graphical techniques greatly clarifies what can be amazingly complex behavior." Physics Today
"Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos is an excellent book that effectively demonstrates the power and beauty of the theory of dynamical systems. Its readers will want to learn more." Mathematical Association of America
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-5084-4 (9780813350844)
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Person
Steven Strogatz is the Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. His honors include MIT's highest teaching prize, a lifetime achievement award for the communication of mathematics to the general public, and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research on a wide variety of nonlinear systems from synchronized fireflies to small-world networks has been featured in the pages of Scientific American, Nature, Discover, Business Week, and The New York Times.
Content
Overview. One-Dimensional Flows. Flows on the Line. Bifurcations. Flows on the Cycle. Two-Dimensional Flows. Linear Systems. Phase Plane. Limit Cycles. Bifurcations Revisited. Chaos. Lorenz Equations. One-Dimensional Maps. Fractals.