From calculus to chaos : an introduction to dynamics /

Acheson, David, 1946-

From calculus to chaos : an introduction to dynamics / David Acheson. - Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, c1997. - ix, 269 : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brief review of calculus -- Ordinary differential equations -- Computer solution methods -- Elementary oscillations -- Planetary motion -- Waves and diffusion -- Best of all possible worlds -- Fluid flow -- Instability and catastrophe -- Nonlinear oscillations and chaos -- Not-so-simple pendulum.

0198500777 (pbk) 9780198500773 (pbk) 0198502575 (hbk) 9780198502579 (hbk)

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GB97-Y0490


Calculus.
Mathematics.

QA 303 / .A325 1997