Chaos and Integrability in Nonlinear Dynamics: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780471827283 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 384 str.

Michael Tabor

Opis

This introduction to chaos and integrability in nonlinear dynamics is specifically designed to form the basis of a broad-based course on nonlinear dynamics. It provides an overview of the subject in an elementary fashion which stresses the diversity of nonlinear phenomena.

Spis treści

The Dynamics of Differential Equations.

Hamiltonian Dynamics.

Classical Perturbation Theory.

Chaos in Hamiltonian Systems and Area–Preserving Mappings.

The Dynamics of Dissipative Systems.

Chaos and Integrability in Semiclassical Mechanics.

Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Solitons.

Analytic Structure of Dynamical Systems.

Index.