Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos

List of contents

* Overview One-Dimensional Flows * Flows on the Line * Bifurcations * Flows on the Circle * Flows on the Circle Two-Dimensional Flows * Linear Systems * Phase Plane * Limit Cycles * Bifurcations Revisited CHAOS * Lorenz Equations * One-Dimensional Maps * Fractals * Strange Attractors

About the author

Steven H. Strogatz is professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1986. Professor Strogatz has been honored with several awards including MIT's highest teaching prize, the E.M. Baker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, as well as a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. His research on a wide variety of nonlinear systems--from synchronized fireflies to small-world networks--has been featured in the pages of Scientific American, Nature, Discover, Business Week, and The New York Times .

Product details

• Authors: Steven Strogatz, Steven H. Strogatz
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English, Spanish
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.06.2001
• EAN: 9780738204536
• ISBN: 978-0-7382-0453-6
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries