Lan Wen - Böcker

This is a graduate text in differentiable dynamical systems. It focuses on structural stability and hyperbolicity, a topic that is central to the field. Starting with the basic concepts of dynamical systems, analyzing the historic systems of the Smale horseshoe, Anosov toral automorphisms, and the solenoid attractor, the book develops the hyperbolic theory first for hyperbolic fixed points and then for general hyperbolic sets. The problems of stable manifolds, structural stability, and shadowing property are investigated, which lead to a highlight of the book, the Ω-stability theorem of Smale.While the content is rather standard, a key objective of the book is to present a thorough treatment for some tough material that has remained an obstacle to teaching and learning the subject matter. The treatment is straightforward and hence could be particularly suitable for self-study.

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Dynamical Systems in Honor of Prof. Liao Shantao (1920-97). The Third World Academy of Sciences awarded the first ever mathematics prize in 1985 to Prof. Liao in recognition of his foundational work in differentiable dynamical systems and his work in periodic transformation of spheres. The conference was held in Beijing in August 1998. There were about 90 participants, and nearly 60 talks were delivered.The topics covered include differentiable dynamics, topological dynamics, hamiltonian dynamics, complex dynamics, ergodic and stochastic dynamics, and fractals theory. Dynamical systems is a field with many difficult problems, and techniques are being developed to deal with those problems. This volume contains original studies of great mathematical depth and presents some of the fascinating numerical experiments.