Chaotic Dynamics: An Introduction

Chaotic Dynamics: An Introduction
ISBN-10
0521471060
ISBN-13
9780521471060
Category
Science
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
1996-01-26
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Gregory L. Baker, Jerry P. Gollub

Description

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.

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