Instabilities, Chaos and Turbulence: An Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems

Instabilities, Chaos and Turbulence: An Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems
ISBN-10
1860944833
ISBN-13
9781860944833
Category
Science
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
World Scientific
Author
Paul Manneville

Description

This book is an introduction to the application of nonlinear dynamics to problems of stability, chaos and turbulence arising in continuous media and their connection to dynamical systems. With an emphasis on the understanding of basic concepts, it should be of interest to nearly any science-oriented undergraduate and potentially to anyone who wants to learn about recent advances in the field of applied nonlinear dynamics. Technicalities are, however, not completely avoided. They are instead explained as simply as possible using heuristic arguments and specific worked examples.

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