Advanced Series In Dynamical Systems - Böcker

This volume contains the proceedings of a satellite conference of the 1990 International Congress of Mathematicians. The main topics presented are mathematical theory of dynamical systems, complex dynamical systems, ergodic theory, chaos, and applications.

This volume adopts a wide and fresh approach to discuss some problems on the theory of dynamical systems in applied sciences.

The contents of this volume consist of 15 lectures on mathematics and its applications which include the following topics: dynamics of neural network, phase transition of cellular automata, homoclinic bifurcations, ergodic theories of low dimensional dynamical systems, Anosov endomorphisms and Anosov flows, axiom A systems, complex dynamical systems, multi-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems and holomorphic vector fields.

This book deals with the global qualitative behavior of flows and diffeomorphisms. It presents a systematic study of the fundamental theory and method of dynamical systems, from local behavior near a critical (fixed) point or periodic orbit to the global, such as global structural stability, bifurcations and chaos. It emphasizes the global non-hyperbolicity and introduces some new results obtained by Chinese mathematicians which may not be widely known.

These proceedings aim to understand the connection between dynamical systems and geometry and analysis in research. Complex dynamical systems, electric circuits, reconstruction of bifurcation diagrams, integrable systems, quantum chaos, ergodic theory, foliation, zeta functions are covered.

Dynamical bifurcation theory is concerned with the changes that occur in the global structure of dynamical systems as parameters are varied. This book makes recent research in bifurcation theory of dynamical systems accessible to researchers interested in this subject. In particular, the relevant results obtained by Chinese mathematicians are introduced as well as some of the works of the authors which may not be widely known. The focus is on the analytic approach to the theory and methods of bifurcations. The book prepares graduate students for further study in this area, and it serves as a ready reference for researchers in nonlinear sciences and applied mathematics.