Acheson, D. J.

From calculus to chaos: an introduction to dynamics/ David Acheson. - Oxford: New York: Oxford University Press, c1997. - ix, 269: ill.; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brief review of calculus -- Ordinary differential equations -- Computer solution methods -- Elementary oscillations -- Planetary motion -- Waves and diffusion -- Best of all possible worlds -- Fluid flow -- Instability and catastrophe -- Nonlinear oscillations and chaos -- Not-so-simple pendulum.

0198500777 (pbk) 0198502575 (hbk)

98121000

GB97-Y0490


Calculus.
Mathematics.
Calcul infinitésimal.
Mathématiques.

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