A gallery of Chua attractors. (DVD-ROM included).9789812790620 A gallery of Chua attractors. (DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. included) Bilotta, Eleonora and Pietro Pantano. World Scientific 2008 533 pages $155.00 Hardcover World Scientific series on nonlinear A system in which the output is not a uniform relationship to the input. nonlinear - (Scientific computation) A property of a system whose output is not proportional to its input. science; ser.A, v.61 TA1530 The study of chaos theory chaos theory, in mathematics, physics, and other fields, a set of ideas that attempts to reveal structure in aperiodic, unpredictable dynamic systems such as cloud formation or the fluctuation of biological populations. was expanded in 1986 with the introduction of Chua's oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air , and this multimedia textbook explains how this simple electrical circuit can produce such a wide variety of chaotic behaviors. Bilotta and Pantano (mathematics, U. della Calabria, Italy) use their own extensive research on this system to present, via DVD-ROM, over 900 "chaotic attractors" through 3D color images, time series and fast Fourier transform See FFT. (algorithm) Fast Fourier Transform - (FFT) An algorithm for computing the Fourier transform of a set of discrete data values. Given a finite set of data points, for example a periodic sampling taken from a real-world signal, the FFT expresses the data in terms of algorithms. This book is primarily designed for students and researchers who want to employ these computer simulations to artistic or musical media but lack the necessary mathematics background to understand the existing literature. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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