Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers: 10

This new edition has been expanded to include areas of current importance such as bifurcation, structural stability and chaotic behavior. Other topics covered are linearization, perturbation theory, subharmonics, stability, the existence of limit cycles, and Poincaré maps. The text is concerned with practical applications and includes over 400 examples and exercises.About the Author: Dominic Jordan is at University of Keele. Peter Smith is at University of Keele. Review: On the second edition: "The subject has wide applications in physical, biological, and social sciences which continuously supply new problems of practical and theoretical importance. The book does a good job in motivating the reader in such pursuits, and presents the subject in a simple but elegant style." -- 381P. K. Kythe in Applied Mechanics Reviews