Chaotic dynamics : an introduction / Gregory L. Baker and Jerry P. Gollub.
By: Baker, Gregory L.
Contributor(s): Gollub, J. P.
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge ; . New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiv, 256 p. : ill ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0521471060 ; 0521476852 .Subject(s): Pendulum | Chaotic behavior in systemsDDC classification: 003.85Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 003.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00016301 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The previous edition of this text was the first to provide a quantitative introduction to chaos and nonlinear dynamics at undergraduate level. It was widely praised for the clarity of the writing and for the unique and effective way in which the authors presented the basic ideas. These same qualities characterise this revised and expanded second edition. Interest in chaotic dynamics has grown explosively in recent years. Applications to practically every scientific field have had 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 characterisation 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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-252) and index.
Introduction -- Some helpful tools -- Visualization of the pendulum's dynamics -- Toward an understanding of chaos -- The characterization of chaotic attractors -- Experimental characterization, prediction and modification of chaotic states -- Chaos broadly applied.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Some helpful tools
- 3 Visualization of the pendulumÆs dynamics
- 4 Toward an understanding of chaos
- 5 The characterization of chaotic attractors
- 6 Experimental characterization, prediction, and modification of chaotic states
- 7 Chaos broadly applied
- Further reading
- Appendix A Numerical integration û Runge-Kutta method
- Appendix B Computer program listings
- References
- Index