It's a Nonlinear World

• Main Author: Enns, Richard H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer simulation.; Differential equations.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Physics.; Applications of Mathematics.; Simulation and Modeling.; Ordinary Differential Equations.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Drawing examples from mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, economics, medicine, politics, and sports, this book illustrates how nonlinear dynamics plays a vital role in our world. Examples cover a wide range from the spread and possible control of communicable diseases, to the lack...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I. World of Mathematics
• 1. World of Nonlinear Systems
• 2. World of Nonlinear ODEs
•  3. World of Nonlinear Maps
•  4. World of Solitons
• Part II. Our Nonlinear World
• 5. World of Motion
• 6. World of Sports
• 7. World of Electromagnetism
• 8. World of Weather Prediction
• 9. World of Chemistry
• 10. World of Disease
• 11. World of War
•  Bibliography
• Index.