Chaos and Time-Series Analysis - Hardcover

Sprott, Julien Clinton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198508395 ISBN 13: 9780198508397

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

This text provides an introduction to the exciting new 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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About the Author

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/

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198508395
• ISBN 13: 9780198508397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528