非线性动力系统与混沌Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos：With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering

图书标准信息

• 作者 Steven H. Strogatz 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2013-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780738204536
• 定价 474.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 512页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Studies in Nonlinearity

【内容简介】

Thistextbookisaimedatnewcomerstononlineardynamicsandchaos,especiallystudentstakingafirstcourseinthesubject.Thepresentationstressesanalyticalmethods,concreteexamplesandgeometricintuition.Thetheoryisdevelopedsystematically,startingwithfirst-orderdifferentialequationsandtheirbifurcations,followedbyphaseplaneanalysis,limitcyclesandtheirbifurcations,andculminatingwiththeLorenzequations,chaos,iteratedmaps,perioddoubling,renormalization,fractals,andstrangeattractors.Auniquefeatureofthebookisitsemphasisonapplications.Theseincludemechanicalvibrations,lasers,biologicalrhythms,superconductingcircuits,insectoutbreaks,chemicaloscillators,geneticcontrolsystems,chaoticwaterwheels,andevenatechniqueforusingchaostosendsecretmessages.Ineachcase,thescientificbackgroundisexplainedatanelementarylevelandcloselyintegratedwiththemathematicaltheory.Richlyillustrated,andwithmanyexercisesandworkedexamples,thisbookisidealforanintroductorycourseatthejunior/seniororfirst-yeargraduatelevel.Itisalsoidealforthescientistwhohasnothadformalinstructioninnonlineardynamics,butwhonowdesirestobegininformalstudy.Theprerequisitesaremultivariablecalculusandintroductoryphysics.

【作者简介】

Steven H. Strogatz is professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1986. Professor Strogatz has been honored with several awards including MIT's highest teaching prize, the E.M. Baker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, as well as a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. His research on a wide variety of nonlinear systems--from synchronized fireflies to small-world networks--has been featured in the pages of Scientific American, Nature, Discover, Business Week, and The New York Times