Chaos / edited by Arun V. Holden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holden, Arun V., 1947- editor.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaotic behavior in systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume sets out the basic applied mathematical and numerical methods of chaotic dynamics and illustrates the wide range of phenomena, inside and outside the laboratory, that can be treated as chaotic processes.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Part I. Prologue

1. What is the use of chaos? / Conrad, M.

2. A graphical zoo of strange and peculiar attractors / Holden, A.V. / Muhamad, M.A.

Part II. Iterations

3. One-dimensional iterative maps / Lauwerier, H. A.

4. Two-dimensional iterative maps / Lauwerier, H. A.

Part III. Endogenous chaos

5. Chaos in feedback systems / Mees, A.

6. The Lorenz equations / Sparrow, C.

7. Instabilities and chaos in lasers and optical resonators / Firth, W. J.

8. Differential systems in ecology and epidemiology / Schaffer, W. M. / Kot, M.

9. Oscillations and chaos in cellular metabolism and physiological systems / Rapp, P. E.

Part IV. Forced chaos

10. Periodically forced nonlinear oscillators / Tomita, K.

11. Chaotic cardiac rhythms / Glass, Leon / Shrier, Alvin / Belair, Jacques

12. Chaotic oscillations and bifurcations in squid giant axons / Aihara, K. / Matsumoto, G.

Part V. Measuring chaos

13. Quantifying chaos with Lyapunov exponents / Wolf, A.

14. Estimating the fractal dimensions and entropies of strange attractors / Grassberger, P.

Part VI. Epilogue

15. How chaotic is the universe? / Rossler, O. E.

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

9780691638652

0691638659

9780691084244

0691084246

9780691610535

0691610533

9781400858156

1400858151

OCLC:

889252241