Dynamics: numerical explorations. Accompanying computer program dynamics. Coauthored by Eric J. Kostelich. With 3 1/2'' DOS Diskette (Q1329539)

This program (and the accompanying handbook) is a tool to help visualize the properties of discrete and continuous dynamical systems, including the plotting of attractors, basins of attraction, the computing of straddle trajectories, the search for all periodic orbits of a specified period, bifurcation diagrams, the search for stable and unstable manifolds, the calculation of dimensions and Lyapunov exponents etc. The program provides about 30 maps and differential equations to choose from (e.g., the logistic map, the Lorenz system or Chua's circuit), one can play around with the parameters, but, unless one invests in an additional C compiler, one can not insert new equations.