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)
98121000
GB97-Y0490
Calculus.
Mathematics.
QA 303 / .A325 1997
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)
98121000
GB97-Y0490
Calculus.
Mathematics.
QA 303 / .A325 1997