Predictability of Chaotic Dynamics : A Finite-time Lyapunov Exponents Approach / by Juan C. Vallejo, Miguel A. F. Sanjuan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vallejo, Juan C., Author.

Sanjuan, Miguel A. F., Author.

Series:

Springer Series in Synergetics, 0172-7389

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistical physics.

Physics.

Space sciences.

Mathematical physics.

Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 136 p. 47 illus., 22 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

This book is primarily concerned with the computational aspects of predictability of dynamical systems – in particular those where observation, modeling and computation are strongly interdependent. Unlike with physical systems under control in laboratories, for instance in celestial mechanics, one is confronted with the observation and modeling of systems without the possibility of altering the key parameters of the objects studied. Therefore, the numerical simulations offer an essential tool for analyzing these systems. With the widespread use of computer simulations to solve complex dynamical systems, the reliability of the numerical calculations is of ever-increasing interest and importance. This reliability is directly related to the regularity and instability properties of the modeled flow. In this interdisciplinary scenario, the underlying physics provide the simulated models, nonlinear dynamics provides their chaoticity and instability properties, and the computer sciences provide the actual numerical implementation. This book introduces and explores precisely this link between the models and their predictability characterization based on concepts derived from the field of nonlinear dynamics, with a focus on the finite-time Lyapunov exponents approach. The method is illustrated using a number of well-known continuous dynamical systems, including the Contopoulos, Hénon-Heiles and Rössler systems. To help students and newcomers quickly learn to apply these techniques, the appendix provides descriptions of the algorithms used throughout the text and details how to implement them in order to solve a given continuous dynamical system.

Contents:

Preface

Forecasting and Chaos

Lyapunov Exponents

Dynamical Regimes and Timescales

Predictability

Numerical Calculation of Lyapunov Exponents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-319-51893-3