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Author Tél, Tamás.

Title Chaotic dynamics : an introduction based on classical mechanics / Tamás Tél, Márton Gruiz ; translated Katalin Kulacsy
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Contents The phenomenon : complex motion, unusual geometry. Chaotic motion -- Fractal objects -- Introductory concepts. Regular motion -- Driven motion -- Investigation of chaotic motion. Chaos in dissipative systems -- Transient chaos in dissipative systems -- Chaos in conservative systems -- Chaotic scattering -- Applications of chaos -- Epilogue : outlook. Appendix. A.1. Deriving stroboscopic maps -- A.2. Writing equations in dimensionless forms -- A.3. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations -- A.4. Sample programs -- A.5. Numerical determination of chaos parameters -- Solutions to the problems
Summary This work provides a clear introduction to chaos phenomena for undergraduate students in science, engineering, and mathematics, using examples that range from enginnering problems through to astronomical aspects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from Hungarian
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Subject Chaotic behavior in systems.
Dynamics.
kinetics (dynamics)
SCIENCE -- Chaotic Behavior in Systems.
Chaotic behavior in systems
Dynamics
Chaotisches System
Dynamik
Chaos.
Niet-lineaire dynamica.
Dynamiek.
Form Electronic book
Author Gruiz, Márton.
Kulacsy, Katalin
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