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From calculus to chaos : an introduction to dynamics / David Acheson

By: Acheson, David.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: ix, 269 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780198500773 (pbk.); 0198500777 (pbk.).Subject(s): Calculus | MathematicsDDC classification: 515
Contents:
1. Introduction. - 2. A Brief Review of Calculus. - 3. Ordinary Differential Equations. - 4. Computer Solution Methods. - 5. Elementary Oscillations. - 6. Planetary Motion. - 7. Waves and Diffusion. - 8. The Best of all Possible Worlds? - 9. Fluid Flow. - 10. Instability and Catastrophe. - 11. Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos. - 12. The Not-So-Simple Pendulum. - Further Reading. - Appendix A. Elementary Programming in QBasic. - Appendix B. Ten Programs for Exploring Dynamics. - Solutions to the Exercises. - Index.
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First published: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction. - 2. A Brief Review of Calculus. - 3. Ordinary Differential Equations. - 4. Computer Solution Methods. - 5. Elementary Oscillations. - 6. Planetary Motion. - 7. Waves and Diffusion. - 8. The Best of all Possible Worlds? - 9. Fluid Flow. - 10. Instability and Catastrophe. - 11. Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos. - 12. The Not-So-Simple Pendulum. - Further Reading. - Appendix A. Elementary Programming in QBasic. - Appendix B. Ten Programs for Exploring Dynamics. - Solutions to the Exercises. - Index.

Specialist Mathematics : 2MSC20