1st Edition

Exploring Chaos Theory And Experiment

By Brian Davies Copyright 2004
    256 Pages
    by CRC Press

    256 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This book presents elements of the theory of chaos in dynamical systems in a framework of theoretical understanding coupled with numerical and graphical experimentation. It describes the theory of fractals, focusing on the importance of scaling and ordinary differential equations.

    Preface -- Introduction -- Orbits of One-Dimensional Systems -- Bufurcation in One-dimensional Systems -- Two-Dimensional Systems -- Fractals -- Non-Linear Oscillations -- Chaos for Java Software -- Discrete Fourier Transform -- Variational Equations -- List of Maps and Differential Equations

    Biography

    Davies, Brian