Regularity and complexity in dynamical systems (Q647308)

The aim of this book is to provide a basis and a survey of the main topics the author's research is devoted to. It is not a book made of collected papers but a complete, extended and coherent revision of each the main interests of the author which are also some of the most trendy lines of research in applied dynamical systems. I would suggest to a non-expert reader to start the book with the two appendices, which contain an exhaustive list of statements, with proofs, illustrative examples and clue references, of the classical theory of linear continuous and discrete dynamical systems. The first and second chapters of the book contain the nonlinear counterpart of the theory for continuous and discrete dynamical systems. In this way the author settles the notation and the rigorous analysis to be followed the rest of the book. These two first chapters together with the two appendices conform a textbook for an undergraduate student. Indeed, this part covers one half of the total pages. In particular, the author highlights the notions of bifurcation and stability which are discussed in the rest of the book. Chapter 3 is devoted to chaos and multifractality. It provides a thorough description of basic concepts about chaos and fractals and how period-doubling bifurcation generates chaos is presented by a geometrical approach. This chapter is also quite classical and provides the definitions and results needed in the more specialized part of the book. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 contain different specialized topics together with the references to the related papers of the author. Chapter 4 is about synchronization. The author defines the notions of ``Ying'', ``Yang'' and ``Ying-Yang'' states for a discrete dynamical system which allow the study of the synchronization. The Duffing and Hénon maps are studied as illustrative examples. An interested reader may also check the related paper [the author, Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos Appl. Sci. Eng. 20, No. 4, 1085--1098 (2010; Zbl 1193.37024)]. Chapter 5 deals with switching dynamical systems which provides an alternative way to study discontinuous systems to the traditional approach. The definition of switching dynamical systems is about the consideration of different subsystems with finite solution in a finite time interval \(t \in [t_{k-1}, t_k]\) which can be ``switched'' at time \(t_k\). The stability of these systems is discussed and impulsive and chaotic phenomenons are described. An interested reader may also check the related papers [the author and \textit{Y. Wang}, Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul. 14, No. 8, 3472--3485 (2009; Zbl 1221.34084); Dyn. Contin. Discrete Impuls. Syst., Ser. A, Math. Anal. 16, No. 6, 825--848 (2009; Zbl 1181.37017)]. The sixth and last chapter deals with mapping dynamics and symmetry. This part might be seen as a continuation of Chapter 5 discussing discontinuous dynamical systems. The author presents the notions of a \(G\)-function and mapping dynamics, a generalization of symbolic dynamics, which allow to understand how the flow goes from one domain of definition to another one. The flow symmetry is discussed as an ending topic. An interested reader can be referred to the related book [the author, Discontinuous dynamical systems. Berlin: Springer; Beijing: Higher Education Press (2012; Zbl 1242.93001)].