Lectures on Chaotic Dynamical Systems

Summary: This book is devoted to chaotic nonlinear dynamics. It presents a consistent, up-to-date introduction to the field of strange attractors, hyperbolic repellers, and nonlocal bifurcations. The authors keep the highest possible level of ''physical'' intuition while staying mathematically rigorous. In addition, they explain a variety of important nonstandard algorithms and problems involving the computation of chaotic dy...namics. The book will help readers who are not familiar withnonlinear dynamics to understand and enjoy sophisticated modern monographs on dynamical systems and chaos. Intended for courses in either mathematics, physics, or engineering, prerequisites are calculus, differential equations, and functional analysis. [read more]