Lectures on Bifurcations, Dynamics and Symmetry

ISBN-13: 9780582303461 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 176 str.

Michael Field;Field

Opis

This text covers a wide range of current results in the subject of bifurcations, dynamics and symmetry. The style and format of the original lectures has largely been maintained and the notes include over 70 exercises.

Spis treści

Introduction & preliminariesHyperoctahedral groupsA zoo of bifurcationsStability and determinacyThe invariant sphere theoremHetroclinic cycles in equivariant bifurcationsSymmetrically coupled cell systemsAn example of Z2-transversality in a system of four coupled oscillatorsGeometric methodsConverse to the MISC (appendix)Hints and Solutions to selected exercisesBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Michael J. Field