Exploring Chaos: Theory And Experiment / Edition 1

by Brian Davies

Overview

This book presents elements of the theory of chaos in dynamical systems in a framework of theoretical understanding coupled with numerical and graphical experimentation. It describes the theory of fractals, focusing on the importance of scaling and ordinary differential equations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813341279
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	10/10/2003
Series:	Studies in Nonlinearity Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Davies, Brian

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Orbits of One-Dimensional Systems — Bufurcation in One-dimensional Systems — Two-Dimensional Systems — Fractals — Non-Linear Oscillations — Chaos for Java Software — Discrete Fourier Transform — Variational Equations — List of Maps and Differential Equations

Editorial Reviews

Chaos theory is not just of interest to the physical sciences. Davies (mathematics, Australian National U.) introduces the theory of chaos (including fractals) in non-linear dynamic systems coupled with numerical and graphical representation, without resorting to advanced calculus and algebra. Appendices provide documentation for Chaos for Java software, a discussion of computing various types of equations, and a list of dimensional maps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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