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Nonlinear dynamics : a primer /

A textbook on the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems for non-mathematical final-year undergraduate or graduate students, or a reference book for researchers, in the physical and social sciences. It provides a comprehensive introduction including linear systems, stability theory of nonlinear syste...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Medio, Alfredo, 1938-
Otros Autores: Lines, M. (Marji), 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Statics and dynamics : some elementary concepts
  • Review of linear systems
  • Stability of fixed points
  • Invariant and attracting sets, periodic and quasiperiodic orbits
  • Local bifurcations
  • Chaotic sets and chaotic attractors
  • Characteristic exponents, fractals, homoclinic orbits
  • Transition to chaos
  • The ergodic approach
  • Deterministic systems and stochastic processes.