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This book contains a systems study of autonomous systems of ordinary differential equations and dynamical systems. The main purpose of the book is to introduce students to the qualitative and geometric theory of ordinary differential equations. However it is also useful as a reference book for mathematicians doing research on dynamical systems. This second edition has been substantially updated.
This textbook presents a systematic study of the qualitative and geometric theory of nonlinear differential equations and dynamical systems.
Although the main topic of the book is the local and global behavior of nonlinear systems and their bifurcations, a thorough treatment of linear systems is given at the beginning of the text. All the material necessary for a clear understanding of the qualitative behavior of dynamical systems is contained in this textbook, including an outline of the proof and examples illustrating the proof of the Hartman-Grobman theorem, the use of the Poincare map in the theory of limit cycles, the theory of rotated vector fields and its use in the study of limit cycles and homoclinic loops, and a description of the behavior and termination of one-parameter families of limit cycles.
In addition to minor corrections and updates throughout, this new edition contains materials on higher order Melnikov functions and the bifurcation of limit cycles for planar systems of differential equations, including new sections on Francoise's algorithm for higher order Melnikov functions and on the finite codimension bifurcations that occur in the class of bounded quadratic systems.
List of contents
Linear Systems.- Nonlinear Systems: Local Theory (includes new sections on Manifold theory and normal form theory).- Nonlinear Systems: Global theory.- Nonlinear Systems: Bifurcation Theory (includes new sections on Global bifurcation of systems in R2, Second and higher order Melnikov theory, Taken's Bogdanov Bifurcation, Cappel problem for binded quadratic systems).
