An Exploration of Dynamical Systems and Chaos Completely Revised and Enlarged Second Edition /

• Main Authors: Argyris, John H. (Author), Faust, Gunter (Author), Haase, Maria (Author), Friedrich, Rudolf (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Engineering.; System theory.; Statistical physics.; Complexity, Computational.; Complexity.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; Complex Systems.

This book is conceived as a comprehensive and detailed text-book on non-linear dynamical systems with particular emphasis on the exploration of chaotic phenomena. The self-contained introductory presentation is addressed both to those who wish to study the physics of chaotic systems and non-linear d...

Table of Contents:

• Descriptive synopsis of the text
• Mathematical introduction to dynamical systems
• Dynamical systems without dissipation
• Dynamical systems with dissipation
• Local bifurcation theory
• Convective flow: Benard problem
• Routes to chaos
• Turbulence
• Computer experiments.