Perspectives of Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1

Jackson, E. Atlee

ISBN 10: 0521345049 / ISBN 13: 9780521345040

Published by Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1992

About this Item

495 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is Free of Markings. No ownership markings. NOTE: Ex-library copy. There is one small 1" x 1" call number label on the spine. I do not see any other library markings, names or stamps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perspectives of Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521345049
• ISBN 13: 9780521345040
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

The dynamics of physical, chemical, biological, or fluid systems generally must be described by nonlinear models, whose detailed mathematical solutions are not obtainable. To understand some aspects of such dynamics, various complementary methods and viewpoints are of crucial importance. In this book the perspectives generated by analytical, topological and computational methods, and interplays between them, are developed in a variety of contexts. This book is a comprehensive introduction to this field, suited to a broad readership, and reflecting a wide range of applications. Some of the concepts considered are: topological equivalence; embeddings; dimensions and fractals; Poincaré maps and map-dynamics; empirical computational sciences vis-á-vis mathematics; Ulam's synergetics; Turing's instability and dissipative structures; chaos; dynamic entropies; Lorenz and Rossler models; predator-prey and replicator models; FPU and KAM phenomena; solitons and nonsolitons; coupled maps and pattern dynamics; cellular automata.

Book Description

The dynamics of physical, chemical, biological, or fluid systems generally must be described by nonlinear models, whose detailed mathematical solutions are not obtainable. In this book the perspectives generated by analytical, topological and computational methods, and interplays between them, are developed in a variety of contexts.