This book is a monograph on chaos in dissipative systems written for those working in the physical sciences. Emphasis is on symbolic description of the dynamics and various characteristics of the attractors, and written from the view-point of practical applications without going into formal mathematical rigour. The author used elementary mathematics and calculus, and relied on physical intuition whenever possible. Substantial attention is paid to numerical techniques in the study of chaos. Part of the book is based on the publications of Chinese researchers, including those of the author's collaborators.
An introduction to the study of chaotic behavior in simple mathematical models, written by a physicist (Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing) for those working in the physical sciences. The models considered are well-known, ranging from one-dimensional mappings to systems of a few ordinary differential equations. Acidic paper. Annotation copyr