Concepts and Results in Chaotic Dynamics: A Short Course

• Main Authors: Collet, Pierre (Author), Eckmann, Jean-Pierre (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Physics.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

The study of dynamical systems is a well established field. The authors have written this book in an attempt to provide a panorama of several aspects, that are of interest to mathematicians and physicists alike. The book collects the material of several courses at the graduate level given by the aut...

Table of Contents:

• A Basic Problem
• Dynamical Systems
• Topological Properties
• Hyperbolicity
• Invariant Measures
• Entropy
• Statistics and Statistical Mechanics
• Other Probabilistic Results
• Experimental Aspects.