The goal of this third edition of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With
Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering is the
same as previous editions: to provide a good foundation - and a joyful
experience - for anyone who’d like to learn about nonlinear dynamics
and chaos from an applied perspective. The presentation stresses
analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The
theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order
differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane
analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with
the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling,
renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors. The prerequisites
are comfort with multivariable calculus and linear algebra, as well as
a first course in physics. Ideas from probability, complex analysis,
and Fourier analysis are invoked, but they're either worked out from
scratch or can be safely skipped (or accepted on faith). Changes to
this edition include substantial exercises about conceptual models of
climate change, an updated treatment of the SIR model of epidemics,
and amendments (based on recent research) about the Selkov model of
oscillatory glycolysis. Equations, diagrams, and every word has been
reconsidered and often revised. There are also about 50 new
references, many of them from the recent literature. The most notable
change is a new chapter. Chapter 13 is about the Kuramoto model. The
Kuramoto model is an icon of nonlinear dynamics. Introduced in 1975 by
the Japanese physicist Yoshiki Kuramoto, his elegant model is one of
the rare examples of a high-dimensional nonlinear system that can be
solved by elementary means. Students and teachers have embraced the
book in the past, its general approach and framework continue to be
sound.
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With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780429676277
Publisert
2024
Utgave
3. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Chapman & Hall
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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