Stability, Instability and Chaos: An Introduction to the Theory of Nonlinear Differential Equations

ISBN-13: 9780521425667 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 404 str.

Paul Glendinning

Opis

By providing an introduction to nonlinear differential equations, Dr. Glendinning aims to equip the student with the mathematical know-how needed to appreciate stability theory and bifurcations. His approach is readable and covers material both old and new to undergraduate courses. Included are treatments of the Poincare-Bendixson theorem, the Hopf bifurcation and chaotic systems.

Recenzje

'The author writes clearly and carefully, weaving together general results with a steady supply of simple examples and excercises for the reader. Pick a section of the book to read at random and one is completely confident that effort is going to be rewarded; that the author is really explaining rather than simply recounting.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Stability; 3. Linear differential systems; 4. Linearization and hyperbolicity; 5. Two-dimensional dynamics; 6. Periodic orbits; 7. Perturbation theory; 8. Bifurcation theory I: stationary points; 9. Bifurcation theory II: periodic orbits and maps; 10. Bifurcational miscellany; 11. Chaos; 12. Global bifurcation theory.