1st Edition

Chaos Theory Tamed

By Garnett Williams Copyright 1997
520 Pages
by CRC Press

520 Pages
by CRC Press

520 Pages
by CRC Press

This text aims to bridge the gap between non-mathematical popular treatments and the distinctly mathematical publications that non- mathematicians find so difficult to penetrate. The author provides understandable derivations or explanations of many key concepts, such as Kolmogrov-Sinai entropy, dimensions, Fourier analysis, and Lyapunov exponents. Only basic algebra, trigonometry, geometry and... Read more
Preface; 1. Introduction 2. The Auxilliary Toolkit 3. How to Get There From Here 4. Characteristics of Chaos 5. Phase Space Signatures 6. Dimensions 7. Quantitative Measures of Chaos; Epilogue; Appendix; Glossary; References.

Biography

Williams, Garnett