Chaotic Dynamics: An Introduction

by Gregory L. Baker, Jerry P. Gollub

Overview

The previous edition of this text was the first to provide a quantitative introduction to chaos and nonlinear dynamics at the undergraduate level. It was widely praised for the clarity of writing and for the unique and effective way in which the authors presented the basic ideas. These same qualities characterize this revised and expanded second edition. Interest in chaotic dynamics has grown explosively in recent years. Applications to practically every scientific field have had a far-reaching impact. As in the first edition, the authors present all the main features of chaotic dynamics using the damped, driven pendulum as the primary model. This second edition includes additional material on the analysis and characterization of chaotic data, and applications of chaos. This new edition of Chaotic Dynamics can be used as a text for courses on chaos for physics and engineering students at the second- and third-year level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521476850
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/26/1996
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Some helpful tools; 3. Visualization of the pendulum's dynamics; 4. Toward an understanding of chaos; 5. The characterization of chaotic attractors; 6. Experimental characterization, prediction, and modification of chaotic states; 7. Chaos broadly applied; Further reading; Appendix A. Numerical integration – Runge-Kutta method; Appendix B. Computer program listings; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The advantages of the book are the clarity of the writing and the unique and effective way in which the basic concepts are introduced." Sergei A. Dovbysh, Mathematical Reviews

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