sorry I was late, The goods were well received, Thank you. The book was in perfect conditions, almost completly new and arrived in a very short time, Excellent. This is the official book of a course on dynamical systems for physics students at the university I teach, The basic concepts of dynamical systems theory are presented in an intuitive way, This book is a good introduction with a complete list of references and allows to go in depth for those interested, The mathematics are easy and the development clear, I didn't givebecause while I found the presentation of temporal chaos almost perfect , the spatio temporal chaos notably the turbulence and ergodicity would deserve a better but especially much longer treatment.
I would have balanced the content in the direction quantum chaospages , spatio temporal chaoschapters, This is an accessible and readable introductory textbook on chaos and nonlinear dynamics, It focuses on the ideas behind the theory of chaos, rather than on the details of the mathematics which can sometimes hinder rather than help the reader gain real insight into the mechanisms of nonlinear systems.
By this I do not mean that the author skips over the required mathematics, The text is intended for people with a solid
background in differential equations, and some familiarity with classical dynamical systems is also helpful if not completely necessary.
I would say it is targeted for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in the mathematical sciences, as well as scientists/engineers with no background in chaos theory.
However he does not get bogged down in mathematics at the expense of physical insight, I have been studying the book on my own and have run into few problems in understanding the explanations, The first chapter goes overchaotic systems as a practical way of introducing the reader to various features of such systems, This provides a basis of practical experience to draw upon for the rest of the book, where the principles of chaos are examined in greater detail.
The extensive references given in the book are a valuable addition that can be used to further explore the scientific literature, The references include journal papers as well as books, articles, and software for dynamical systems, If you have the requisite mathematical background and want to learn the basics of chaos and nonlinear dynamics, I highly recommend this book, Get it as soon as Thursday, Aug,
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