Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors.Additional ISBNs: 0813349109, 0429492561, 0813350840, 0367092069, 9780813349107, 9780429492563, 9780813350844, 9780367092061Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering 2nd Edition is written by Steven H. Strogatz and published by CRC Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos are 9780429961113, 0429961111 and the print ISBNs are 9780813349107, 0813349109