Prof. Albert C. J. Luo is a Distinguished Research Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 1995. His research focuses on mechanics, dynamics and mechanical vibration, and he has published over 40 books, and more than 200 journal articles and conference papers in these fields. He received the Paul Simon Outstanding Scholar Award in 2008 and an ASME fellowship in 2007. He now serves as Co-editor of the Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics and Editor of various book series, including “Nonlinear Systems and Complexity,” and “Nonlinear Physical Science.”

• Quadratic Nonlinear Discrete Systems.- Cubic Nonlinear Discrete Systems.- Quartic Nonlinear Discrete Systems.- (2m)th-degree Polynomial Discrete Systems.- (2m+1)th-degree polynomial discrete systems.- Subject index.

“The author carried out a very detailed study of stability conditions and bifurcations and, in fact, opened a new direction of research in nonlinear dynamics. … The book is of great interest for specialists working with polynomial discrete systems.” (Anatoly Martynyuk, zbMATH 1467.93004, 2021)