This text enables readers from a wide range of backgrounds and with limited technical prerequisites to explore the dynamical systems and mathematics in general. The book is designed for readers who want to continue exploring mathematics beyond linear algebra, but are not ready for highly abstract ma
Invitation to Dynamical Systems (free version + Solutions)
β Scribed by Edward R. Scheinerman
- Publisher
- Dover
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 314
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Foreword......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Dynamical System......Page 13
Examples......Page 18
What we want......Page 37
1 Dimension......Page 39
2 & more Dimensions......Page 48
Examplification - Markov Chains......Page 78
Fixed Points......Page 85
Linearization......Page 91
Lyapunov Functions......Page 105
Examplification - Iterative Metods......Page 118
Continuous Time......Page 123
Discrete Time......Page 134
Examplification - Riffle Shuffles & Shift Map......Page 171
Cantor Set......Page 181
Biting out middle in the Plane......Page 189
Contraction Mapping Theorems......Page 192
Iterated Function Systems......Page 201
Algorithms for drawing Fractals......Page 214
Fractal Dimension......Page 221
Examplification - Fractals in Nature......Page 236
Julia Sets......Page 243
Mandelbrot Set......Page 250
Examplification - Newton Metod revisited......Page 255
Examplification - Complex Bases......Page 257
Linear Algebra......Page 261
Complex Numbers......Page 265
Calculus......Page 266
DEs......Page 268
DEs......Page 271
Triangle dance......Page 278
Software......Page 279
Biblio......Page 280
Index......Page 282
Solutions......Page 285
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