Nonlinear physics with Mathematica for scientists and engineers

Richard H. Enns, George C. McGuire0817642234, 9780817642235, 3764342234

Nonlinear physics continues to be an area of dynamic modern research, with applications to physics, engineering, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, biology, medicine and economics. In this text extensive use is made of the Mathematica computer algebra system. No prior knowledge of Mathematica or programming is assumed. The authors have included a CD-ROM that contains over 130 annotated Mathematica files. These files may be used to solve and explore the text’s 400 problems. This book includes 33 experimental activities that are designed to deepen and broaden the reader’s understanding of nonlinear physics. These activities are correlated with Part I, the theoretical framework of the text.
Additional features:
* User-friendly, accessible presentation integrating theory, experiments, and the provided Mathematica notebooks; as the concepts of nonlinear science are developed, readers are gently introduced to Mathematica as an auxiliary tool * CD-ROM includes a wide variety of illustrative nonlinear examples solved with Mathematica–command structures introduced on a need-to-know basis * Notebooks designed to make use of Mathematica’s sound capability * Mathematica notebook using the EulerEquation command incorporated into the text
This work is an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate students as well as a useful resource for working scientists.
Reviewer comments on the Maple edition of NONLINEAR PHYSICS:
“An…excellent book…the authors have been able to cover an extraordinary range of topics and hopefully excite a wide audience to investigate nonlinear phenomena…accessible to advanced undergraduates and yet challenging enough for graduate students and working scientists…. The reader is guided through it all with sound advice and humor…. I hope that many will adopt the text.” -American Journal of Physics
“Its organization of subject matter, clarity of writing, and smooth integration of analytic and computational techniques put it among the very best…Richard Enns and George McGuire have written an excellent text for introductory nonlinear physics.” -Computers in Physics
“…correctly balances a good treatment of nonlinear, but also nonchaotic, behavior of systems with some of the exciting findings about chaotic dynamics…one of the book’s strength is the diverse selection of examples from mechanical, chemical, electronic, fluid and many other systems …. Another strength of the book is the diversity of approaches that the student is encouraged to take…the authors have chosen well, and the trio of text,…software, and lab manual gives the newcomer to nonlinear physics quite an effective set of tools…. Basic ideas are explained clearly and illustrated with many examples.” -Physics Today
“… the care that the authors have taken to ensure that their text is as comprehensive, versatile, interactive, and student-friendly as possible place this book far above the average.” -Scientific Computing World