Dynamical systems with applications using MAPLE

Publication date 1 March 2001

bifurcation chaos control chemical kinetics differential equations dynamical systems electric circuits fractals limit cycles Maple multifractals optics Poincaré map populations stability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to ordinary differential equations (34-04) Theory of limit cycles of polynomial and analytic vector fields (existence, uniqueness, bounds, Hilbert's 16th problem and ramifications) for ordinary differential equations (34C07) Qualitative theory for ordinary differential equations (34C99) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-01) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-04) Dynamical systems involving smooth mappings and diffeomorphisms (37C05) Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows (37C10) Approximation methods and numerical treatment of dynamical systems (37Mxx) Numerical problems in dynamical systems (65Pxx)

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This book provides an introduction to the theory of dynamical systems with the aid of the Maple algebraic manipulation package. The first half of the book deals with continuous systems using ordinary differential equations (Chapters 1-12) and the second half is devoted to the study of discrete dynamical systems (Chapters 13-20). An efficient tutorial guide to the MAPLE symbolic computation system has been included in Chapter 0. The first few chapters of the book cover some theory of ordinary differential equations and applications to models in the real world are given. The theory of differential equations applied to chemical kinetics and electric circuits is introduced in some detail. Chapter 1 ends with the existence and uniqueness theorem for the solutions of certain types of differential equations. The theory behind the construction of phase plane portraits for two-dimensional systems is dealt with in Chapters 2 and 3, and applications to modeling the populations of interacting species are dicussed in Chapter 4. Limit cycles, or isolated periodic solutions, are introduced in Chapter 5. Hamiltonian systems and stability are discussed in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 is concerned with bifurcation, multistability and bistability. The reader is first introduced to the concept of chaos in Chapters 8 and 9, where three-dimensional systems and Poincaré maps are investigated. Both local and global bifurcations are investigated in Chapter 10. The main results and statement of the famous second part of David Hilbert's sixteenth problem are listed in Chapter 11. The study of continuous systems ends with limit cycles of Liénard systems in Chapter 12. There is some detail on Liénard systems in particular in the first half of the book, but they do have a ubiquity for systems in the plane. Chapter 13 starts with a general introduction to recurrence relations and iteration. Chaos in discrete systems is investigated and bifurcation diagrams are plotted in Chapter 14. Compiler iterative maps are introduced in Chapter 15. As a simple introduction to optics, electromagnetic waves and Maxwell's equations and nonlinear bistable optical resonators are studied in Chapter 16. Also chaos, chaotic attractors, instabilities, multistability and nonlinearity, which have already been dealt with in earlier chapters, are reviewed in Chapters 16 and 17. Some simple fractals may be constructed using pencil and paper in Chapter 18, and the idea of fractal dimension is introduced. Unfortunately, most of the fractals appearing in nature are not homogeneous but are more heterogeneous, hence the need for the multifractal theory given in Chapter 19. The final chapter is devoted to the new and exciting theory behind chaos control. This book is formed by the research interests of the author which are currently nonlinear ordinary differential equations, nonlinear optics and multifractals. Some references include recently published research articles. Approximately 200 illustrations, over 250 examples, and exercises with solutions play a key role in the presentation. The text is aimed at senior undergraduates, graduate students, and working scientists in various branches of applied mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering.

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