Nonlinear dynamics and chaos : with applications to physics, biology, chemistry, and engineering

Steven H. Strogatz

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.A unique feature of the book is its emphasis on applications. These include mechanical vibrations, lasers, biological rhythms, superconducting circuits, insect outbreaks, chemical oscillators, genetic control systems, chaotic waterwheels, and even a technique for using chaos to send secret messages. In each case, the scientific background is explained at an elementary level and closely integrated with the mathematical theory.Richly illustrated, and with many exercises and worked examples, this book is ideal for an introductory course at the junior/senior or first-year graduate level. It is also ideal for the scientist who has not had formal instruction in nonlinear dynamics, but who now desires to begin informal study. The prerequisites are multivariable calculus and introductory physics.

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  • * Overview One-Dimensional Flows * Flows on the Line * Bifurcations * Flows on the Circle * Flows on the Circle Two-Dimensional Flows * Linear Systems * Phase Plane * Limit Cycles * Bifurcations Revisited CHAOS * Lorenz Equations * One-Dimensional Maps * Fractals * Strange Attractors

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書名 Nonlinear dynamics and chaos : with applications to physics, biology, chemistry, and engineering
著作者等 Strogatz, Steven H.
Strogatz Steven H.
シリーズ名 Studies in nonlinearity
出版元 Perseus Books
刊行年月 2000, c1994
ページ数 xi, 498 p., 4 p. of plates
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780738204536
NCID BA52155579
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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