An introduction to developments in chaos and related topics in nonlinear dynamics, including the detection and quantification of chaos in experimental data, fractals, and complex systems. Most of the important elementary concepts in nonlinear dynamics are discussed, with emphasis on the physical concepts and useful results rather than mathematical proofs and derivations. While many books on chaos are purely qualitative and many others are highly mathematical, this book fills the middle ground by giving the essential equations, but in the simplest possible form. It assumes only an elementary knowledge of calculus. Complex numbers, differential equations, and vector calculus are used in places, but those tools are described as required. The book is aimed at the student, scientist, or engineer who wants to learn how to use the ideas in a practical setting. It is written at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in all fields of science and engineering.
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Professor Julien Clinton Sprott Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison 1150 University Avenue Madison Wisconsin 53706 USA Tel: 001-608-263-4449 Email: sprott@physics.wisc.edu http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/
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I had heard about this book from a friend with an interest in nonlinear dynamics; this is surprising in itself, since the book has been out for less than a year and already seems to be getting a positive reputation. The book more than lived up to my friend's recommendation. It is encyclopedic and remarkably clear. For anyone who is interested in linking nonlinear dynamical theory with empirical methodology, this is the best place that I know of to start.
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This book covers a lot of material on chaos and fractals briefly but in detail. The writing is very clear and engaging; the mathematics is presented clearly. This book is especially notable for its clear descriptions of the algorithms used to do the analyses described, and for its accessible coverage of methods for analyzing data (rather than equations) from complex systems. It would be particularly useful for ecologists (and possibly economists) with long-term data sets to analyze.
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By Frederick D. Abraham "frederick david abraham" (waterbury center, VT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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For those wishing to upgrade their grasp of chaos theory, dynamics, nonlinear data analysis, with an introduction to related aspects of complexity including fractals and complex systems, this is the best book I have yet seen, and supplements the excellet visual dynamics books by Ralph Abraham. It arose from the upper level course taught by Sprott at the University of Wisconsin. The book is well supported by his website, which will always keep the book updated. It is nicely hands-on with lots of exercises and a programming project with each chapter. For those impatient to write programs, having a program like Berkeley Madonna to solve systems equations is handy for exploring some of the example systems. It has three excellent appendices, one a catalog of 62 dynamical systems, another useful mathematical formulas, and the last a compilation of useful journals. I found it incredibly comprehensive covering all aspects of the many subjects. And exceptionally clear, updating any necessary mathematics with clear explanations...
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Fundamental to science is the presumption that experiments are predictable and repeatable. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
attractor merging crisis, common chaotic systems, chaotic dissipative flows, chaotic electrical circuits, fractal gaskets, jerk systems, shift reap, binary shift map, least double precision, logistic reap, driven damped harmonic oscillator, nonuniform measure, spatiotemporal chaos, spiral saddle, correlation dimension, logistic map, sine map, false nearest neighbors, drift ring, nearby initial conditions, neural network predictors, cobweb diagram, logistic differential equation, attractor dimension, conservative flows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Exercises Exercise, Game of Life, Solar System, Fractals Fig, Nobel Prize, United States, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, The Runge-Kutta New!
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attractor merging crisis, common chaotic systems, chaotic dissipative flows, chaotic electrical circuits, fractal gaskets, jerk systems, shift reap, binary shift map, least double precision, logistic reap, driven damped harmonic oscillator, nonuniform measure, spatiotemporal chaos, spiral saddle, correlation dimension, logistic map, sine map, false nearest neighbors, drift ring, nearby initial conditions, neural network predictors, cobweb diagram, logistic differential equation, attractor dimension, conservative flows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Exercises Exercise, Game of Life, Solar System, Fractals Fig, Nobel Prize, United States, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, The Runge-Kutta New!
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- The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Game of Life by J. John on page 384
- A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury on page 90
- Theoretical Physics (Dover Books on Physics) by Georg Joos in Back Matter
- Reviews of Modern Physics (No 3 Part II) by American Physical Society in Back Matter
- The (Mis)behavior of Markets by Benoit Mandelbrot in Back Matter
- Practical Fruits of Econophysics: Proceedings of The Third Nikkei Econophysics Symposium by Hideki Takayasu on page 157
- Computational Ergodic Theory (Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics) by Geon Ho Choe in Back Matter
- The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence by Benoit Mandelbrot in Back Matter
- Genetic Programming: 8th European Conference, EuroGP 2005, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 30-April 1, 2005, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer ... Computer Science and General Issues) by Maarten Keijzer on page 330
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