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An introduction to dynamical systems : continuous and discrete

Title
An introduction to dynamical systems : continuous and discrete / R. Clark Robinson.
Author
Robinson, R. Clark (Rex Clark), 1943-
Publication
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2004], ©2004.

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Description
xiii, 652 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-645) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Systems of Nonlinear Differential Equations -- Ch. 1. Geometric Approach to Differential Equations -- Ch. 2. Linear Systems -- Ch. 3. The Flow: Solutions of Nonlinear Equations -- Ch. 4. Phase Portraits with Emphasis on Fixed Points -- Ch. 5. Phase Portraits Using Energy and Other Test Functions -- Ch. 6. Periodic Orbits -- Ch. 7. Chaotic Attractors -- Pt. 2. Iteration of Functions -- Ch. 8. Iteration of Functions as Dynamics -- Ch. 9. Periodic Points of One-Dimensional Maps -- Ch. 10. Itineraries for One-Dimensional Maps -- Ch. 11. Invariant Sets for One-Dimensional Maps -- Ch. 12. Periodic Points of Higher Dimensional Maps -- Ch. 13. Invariant Sets for Higher Dimensional Maps -- Ch. 14. Fractals -- App. A. Calculus Background and Notation -- App. B. Analysis and Topology Terminology -- App. C. Matrix Algebra -- App. D. Generic Properties.
ISBN
0131431404
LCCN
2003063246
OCLC
  • ocm53232045
  • SCSB-5203049
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries