Chaos : a very short introduction / by Leonard A. Smith.

By: Smith, Leonard AMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 159Publication details: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 180 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN: 9780192853783(pbk)Subject(s): Chaotic behavior in systems -- Popular worksDDC classification: 003.857
Contents:
Chapter 1: The Emergence of Chaos-------- Chapter 2: Exponential Growth, Nonlinearity, Common Sense-------- Chapter 3: Chaos in Context: Determinism, Randomness and Noise------- Chapter 4: Chaos in Methematical Models-------- Chapter 5: Fractals, Strange Attractors and Dimensions------- Chapter 6: Quantifying the Dynamics of Uncertainty-------- Chapter 7: Real Numbers, Real Observations and Computers------- Chapter 8: Sorry, Wrong Number: Statistics and Chaos-------- Chapter 9: Predictability: Does Chaos Constrains our Forecasts?------- Chapter 10: Applied Chaos: Can we see through our Models?------- Chapter 11: Philosophy in Chaos---------
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.

Chapter 1: The Emergence of Chaos--------
Chapter 2: Exponential Growth, Nonlinearity, Common Sense--------
Chapter 3: Chaos in Context: Determinism, Randomness and Noise-------
Chapter 4: Chaos in Methematical Models--------
Chapter 5: Fractals, Strange Attractors and Dimensions-------
Chapter 6: Quantifying the Dynamics of Uncertainty--------
Chapter 7: Real Numbers, Real Observations and Computers-------
Chapter 8: Sorry, Wrong Number: Statistics and Chaos--------
Chapter 9: Predictability: Does Chaos Constrains our Forecasts?-------
Chapter 10: Applied Chaos: Can we see through our Models?-------
Chapter 11: Philosophy in Chaos---------

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