A reference on the history of chaos theory, told by the pioneers themselves. It also provides a historical introduction to the concepts. There are eleven contributions, and six of them are published here for the first time - two by Steve Smale, three by Yoshisuke Ueda, and one each by Ralph Abraham, Edward Lorenz, Christian Mira, Floris Takens, T.Y. Li and James A. Yorke, and Otto E. Rossler.
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Deep insights in the lives of truly creative investigators who introduced some wonderful ideas into mathematics and science... -- Mathematical Reviews, 2003
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rank preimages, analog computer experiments, saddle manifolds, mixed saddle, transformation ponctuelle, homoclinic points, embedded boxes, saddle fixed point, beat oscillation, frequency entrainment, transversality theory, noninvertible maps, iterated sequences, shattered egg, saddle cycles, coarser structure, unstable cycles, invariant curves, harmonic balance method, chaos research, chaotic sea, basin boundary, bifurcation structure, analog simulation, chaotic attractor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Comptes Rendus Acad, Chaos Avant-Garde, Memories of the Early Days, New York, Kyoto University, Santa Cruz, Chihiro Hayashi, Rio de Janeiro, Soviet Union, Hayashi Laboratory, Christian Mira, Mexico City, United States, Aerial Press, David Ruelle, Mauricio Peixoto, Sciences de Toulouse, University of California, World War, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University, Masami Kuramitsu, The Impact of Chaos, University of Chicago, Hugh Bruce Stewart New!
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rank preimages, analog computer experiments, saddle manifolds, mixed saddle, transformation ponctuelle, homoclinic points, embedded boxes, saddle fixed point, beat oscillation, frequency entrainment, transversality theory, noninvertible maps, iterated sequences, shattered egg, saddle cycles, coarser structure, unstable cycles, invariant curves, harmonic balance method, chaos research, chaotic sea, basin boundary, bifurcation structure, analog simulation, chaotic attractor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Comptes Rendus Acad, Chaos Avant-Garde, Memories of the Early Days, New York, Kyoto University, Santa Cruz, Chihiro Hayashi, Rio de Janeiro, Soviet Union, Hayashi Laboratory, Christian Mira, Mexico City, United States, Aerial Press, David Ruelle, Mauricio Peixoto, Sciences de Toulouse, University of California, World War, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University, Masami Kuramitsu, The Impact of Chaos, University of Chicago, Hugh Bruce Stewart New!
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- The Road to Chaos (Theory) (Science Frontier Express Series) by Yoshisuke Ueda on 6 pages
- Dynamics: The Geometry of Behavior by Ralph Abraham on page 88, page 89, and Back Matter
- Nonlinear Oscillations in Physical Systems by Chihiro Hayashi on page 34, page 53, and page 192
- The Essence Of Chaos (The Jessie and John Danz Lecture Series) by Edward Lorenz in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Mathematics of Time: Essays on Dynamical Systems, Economic Processes, and Related Topics by Steve Smale on page 90, and Back Matter
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