Introduction to Chaos and Coherence

Froyland, J

• 1 Introduction -- 2 Fractals -- 3 The logistic map -- 4 The circle map -- 5 Higher dimensional maps -- 6 Dissipative maps in higher dimensions -- 7 Conservative maps -- 8 Cellular automata -- 9 Ordinary differential equations -- 10 The Lorenz model -- 11 Time series analysis -- Appendices -- A1 Period three in the logistic map -- A2 Lyapunov exponents algorithm -- Further Reading -- Index.

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