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Informationen zum Autor Oded Regev is Professor of Physics at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He is co-author of Physics with Answers with Andrew King (0521483697). Klappentext The discipline of nonlinear dynamics! or chaos! has developed explosively in all areas of physics over the last two decades. This comprehensive primer for researchers and graduate students of astrophysics provides the necessary investigative tools to explore chaotic and complex phenomena. Mathematical concepts and techniques are introduced in the first part of the book! before being applied to a variety of astrophysical systems. The book demonstrates the application of ideas such as strange attractors! Poincaré sections! fractals! bifurcations and complex spatial patterns to specific astrophysical problems. Zusammenfassung This primer on nonlinear dynamics for researchers and graduate students of astrophysics provides the necessary investigative tools to explore chaotic and complex phenomena. Comprehensive mathematical concepts and techniques are introduced in the first part of the book! before being applied to specific astrophysical systems and problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Dynamical Systems - General: 1. Introduction to Part I; 2. Astrophysical examples; 3. Mathematical properties of dynamical systems; 4. Properties of chaotic dynamics; 5. Analysis of time series; 6. Regular and irregular motion in Hamiltonian systems; 7. Extended systems - instabilities and patterns; Part II. Astrophysical Applications: 8. Introduction to Part II; 9. Planetary, stellar and galactic dynamics; 10. Irregularly variable astronomical point sources; 11. Complex spatial patterns in astrophysics; 12. Topics in astrophysical fluid dynamics; References; Index.
