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The chaos avant-garde : memories of the early days of chaos theory /

This book is an authoritative and unique reference for the history of chaos theory, told by the pioneers themselves. It also provides an excellent historical introduction to the concepts. There are eleven contributions, and six of them are published here for the first time - two by Steve Smale, thre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Abraham, Ralph, Ueda, Yoshisuke, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2000.
Colección:World Scientific series on nonlinear science. Monographs and treatises ; v. 39.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is an authoritative and unique reference for the history of chaos theory, told by the pioneers themselves. It also provides an excellent historical introduction to the concepts. There are eleven contributions, and six of them are published here for the first time - two by Steve Smale, three by Yoshisuke Ueda, and one each by Ralph Abraham, Edward Lorenz, Christian Mira, Floris Takens, T Y Li and James A Yorke, and Otto E Rossler. Contents: On How I Got Started in Dynamical Systems 1959-1962 (S Smale); Finding a Horseshoe on the Beaches of Rio (S Smale); Strange Attractors and the Ori.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 221 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9812386475
9789812386472
1281871540
9781281871541
9786611871543
6611871543