Bøker av Stephen Wiggins

Presents a series of lectures delivered by Stephen Wiggins at the Fields Institute in early 1993, that is concerned with the geometrical viewpoint of the global dynamics of nonlinear dynamical systems. This work is suitable for engineers and mathematicians who work on issues related to the global dynamics of nonlinear dynamical systems.

This introduction to applied nonlinear dynamics and chaos places emphasis on teaching the techniques and ideas that will enable students to take specific dynamical systems and obtain some quantitative information about their behavior.

Written by a specialist in geophysical fluid dynamics and an applied mathematician, this book provides an accessible introduction to new methods for analysing Lagrangian motion in geophysical flows, and surveys research in geophysical fluid dynamics that makes use of them.