Download or read book Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics written by Erik Mosekilde and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-03-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of examples from physics, engineering, biology and economics, this book illustrates the enormous potential for application of ideas and concepts from nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory. The overlap with examples published in other books is virtually equal to zero. The book takes the reader from detailed studies of bifurcation structures of relativity simple models to pattern formation in spatially extended systems. The book also discusses the different perspectives that nonlinear dynamics brings to different fields of science.