INTRODUCTION TO NONLINEAR DYNAMICS FOR PHYSICISTS (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics) - Softcover

Abarbanel, Henry D I; Rabinovich, Mikhail I; Sushchik, Mikhail M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810214103 ISBN 13: 9789810214104

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 1993

Synopsis

This series of lectures aims to address three main questions that anyone interested in the study of nonlinear dynamics should ask and ponder over. What is nonlinear dynamics and how does it differ from linear dynamics which permeates all familiar textbooks? Why should the physicist study nonlinear systems and leave the comfortable territory of linearity? How can one progress in the study of nonlinear systems both in the analysis of these systems and in learning about new systems from observing their experimental behavior? While it is impossible to answer these questions in the finest detail, this series of lectures nonetheless successfully points the way for the interested reader. Other useful problems have also been incorporated as a study guide. By presenting both substantial qualitative information about phenomena in nonlinear systems and at the same time sufficient quantitative material, the author hopes that readers would learn how to progress on their own in the study of such similar material hereon.

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About the Author

Mikhail I. Rabinovich is Research Scientist at the BioCircuits Institute at the University of California, San Diego.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810214103
• ISBN 13: 9789810214104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168