M3A23/M4A23
INTRODUCTION TO CHAOS
Prof Jeroen S.W. Lamb
Autumn 2007
Lectures: room 140 (Huxley), wednesday 9-10am, thursday 9-11am
The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to basic concepts and ideas underlying the modern qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations (dynamical systems), also popularly known as Chaos Theory.
Suggested literature:
Main text: Boris Hasselblatt and Anatole Katok. A first course in Dynamics. 2003. (textbook)
Other:
Michael Brin and Garrett Stuck. Introduction to Dynamical Systems. 2002. (advanced textbook, recommended buy for the seriously interested)
John Guckenheimer and Philip Holmes. Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems and Bifurcations of Vector Fields. 1983. (somewhat dated but inspiring in scope and context)
Anatole Katok and Boris Hasselblatt. Introduction to the Modern Theory of Dynamical Systems.1995. (reference text)
Clark Robinson. Dynamical Systems. Stability, Symbolic Dynamics and Chaos. 1995. (advanced textbook)
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