Dynamical Systems with Applications using Python
Dynamical Systems with Applications using Python
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使用 Python 的动态系统和应用程序
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-78145-7
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2018
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S. Lynch
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S. Lynch
This book provides an introduction to the theory of dynamical systems with the aid of Python. It is written for both senior undergraduates and graduate students. Chapter 1 provides a tutorial introduction to Python—new users should go through this chapter carefully while those moderately familiar and experienced users will find this chapter a useful source of reference. The first part of the book deals with continuous systems using differential equations, including both ordinary and delay differential equations (Chapters 2–12), the second part is devoted to the study of discrete systems (Chapters 13–17), and Chapters 18–21 deal with both continuous and discrete systems. Chapter 22 gives examples of coursework and also lists three Python-based examinations to be sat in a computer laboratory with access to Python. Chapter 23 lists answers to all of the exercises given in the book. It should be pointed out that dynamical systems theory is not limited to these topics but also encompasses partial differential equations, integral and integro-differential equations, and stochastic systems, for instance. References [1–6] given at the end of the Preface provide more information for the interested reader. The author has gone for breadth of coverage rather than fine detail and theorems with proofs are kept at a minimum. The material is not clouded by functional analytic and group theoretical definitions, and so is intelligible to readers with a general mathematical background. Some of the topics covered are scarcely covered elsewhere. Most of the material in Chapters 9–12 and 16–21 is at postgraduate level and has been influenced by the author’s own research interests. There is more theory in these chapters than in the rest of the book since it is not easily accessed anywhere else. It has been found that these chapters are especially useful as reference material for senior undergraduate project work. The theory in other chapters of the book is dealt with more comprehensively in other texts, some of which may be found in the references section of the corresponding chapter. The book has a very hands-on approach and takes the reader from the basic theory right through to recently published research material. v