| dc.contributor.author | Rosales, Rodolfo | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | Fall 2002 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-12 | |
| dc.identifier | 18.385-Fall2002 | |
| dc.identifier | local: 18.385 | |
| dc.identifier | local: IMSCP-MD5-5fd714015fd58337b1dbcc699ddd8658 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36890 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Nonlinear dynamics with applications. Intuitive approach with emphasis on geometric thinking, computational and analytical methods. Extensive use of demonstration software. Topics: Bifurcations. Phase plane. Nonlinear coupled oscillators in biology and physics. Perturbation, averaging theory. Parametric resonances, Floquet theory. Relaxation oscillations. Hysterises. Phase locking. Chaos: Lorenz model, iterated mappings, period doubling, renormalization. Fractals. Hamiltonian systems, area preserving maps; KAM theory. | en_US |
| dc.language | en-US | en_US |
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| dc.subject | Phase plane | en_US |
| dc.subject | limit cycles | en_US |
| dc.subject | Poincare-Bendixson theory | en_US |
| dc.subject | Time-dependent systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Floquet theory | en_US |
| dc.subject | Poincare maps | en_US |
| dc.subject | averaging | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stability of equilibria | en_US |
| dc.subject | near-equilibrium dynamics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Center manifolds | en_US |
| dc.subject | elementary bifurcations | en_US |
| dc.subject | normal forms | en_US |
| dc.subject | chaos | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chaotic behavior in systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dynamics | en_US |
| dc.title | 18.385 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Fall 2002 | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos | en_US |
