
Mechanics-oriented monograph from one of the leading Russian physicists. Most of the established books in this field (Nayfeh, Minorski) are out of date and do not regard the tremendous developments of nonlinear dynamics in the past 20 years.

In this book the modern theory of both regular and chaotic nonlinear oscillations is set out, primarily, as applied to mechanical problems. The material is presented in a nontraditional manner with emphasis on the new results of the theory obtained partially by the author, who...