Chaotic Evolution and Strange Attractors

by David Ruelle

Book Overview

This book, based on lectures given at the Accademia dei Lincei, is an accessible and leisurely account of systems that display a chaotic time evolution. This behaviour, though deterministic, has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521368308
• ISBN13: 9780521368308
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Chaos in a nutshell

A delightful little read - a little and highly mathematical overview of chaos - from a master.

Introduction to Chaos

An excellent introduction to chaos for the mathematically inclined, this work offers a brief tour through the concepts and theorms behind the field of chaos and nonlinear dynamics. Having a college mathematical background is decidedly helpful in getting use out of it, but having a mathematical mindset is absolutely essential.