Download An Introduction to Chaotic Dynamical Systems, 2nd Edition eBook

Classic textbook. The level of exposition is perhaps suitable for an undergraduate mathematics class for advanced students. The textbooks focuses on *discrete-time systems* (maps), so an undergraduate introductory course on dynamical systems which aims at presenting a balanced set of topics on discrete and continuous-time systems, may perhaps use parts of this textbook and complement with Strogatz's Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos to study continuous-time systems as well.

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Excellent book for an introductory course in the subject.

Great introduction book to the theme. Easy to read and with good practical exercises.

This is a very good book. Actually, Devaney's "First Course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems," is a good accompanying text. Fascinating subject...

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This book is an introduction to dynamical systems defined by iterative maps of continuous functions. It doesn't require much advanced knowledge, but it does require a familiarity and certain level of comfort with proofs. The basic idea of this book is to explore (in the context of iterative maps) the major themes of dynamical systems, which can later be explored in the messier setting of differential equations and continuous-time systems. While this book doesn't discuss differential equations directly, the techniques used here can be transferred (with considerable work and thought) to that setting. Someone wanting an elementary book covering differential equations as dynamical systems might want to check out the excellent multi-volume work by J. Hubbard; the combination of that work with this book would provide the background to tackle the tougher and less-accessible texts dealing with chaotic systems of differential equations.

Although this is a pure math book, the book does mention key applications and motivation behind the material; applied mathematicians will find this book quite useful, not necessarily because of the choice of topics but just because it greatly helps develop ones' intuition. The material is presented in a way that gives the student a sense of the big picture--what the theorems mean, how they fit together. Proofs are rigorous but as easy to follow as I have seen them in this subject.

The choice and order of subjects is also both practical and fun. The book begins with 1-dimensional systems and explores just about everything interesting that happens with them (including Sarkovski's Theorem, one of the most bizarre and surprising mathematical results), before moving into two-dimensions and then dynamics in the complex plane.

The bottom line? This book would be excellent both as a textbook and for self-study. If you're interested in this subject at all, this is a book you will want on your shelf. I know of no other book on the subject that covers such deep material while remaining as accessible.