Lichtenberg, Allan J.

Regular and chaotic dynamics / A.J. Lichtenberg, M.A. Lieberman. - 2nd ed. - New York : Springer-Verlag, c1992. - xxii, 692 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Regular and stochastic motion. c1983.

1 Overview and Basic Concepts.- 2 Canonical Perturbation Theory.- 3 Mappings and Linear Stability.- 4 Transition to Global Stochasticity.- 5 Stochastic Motion and Diffusion.- 6 Three or More Degrees of Freedom.- 7 Bifurcation Phenomena and Transition to Chaos in Dissipative Systems.- 8 Chaotic Motion in Dissipative Systems.- Appendix A.- Applications.- A.1. Planetary Motion.- A.2. Accelerators and Beams.- A.3. Charged Particle Confinement.- A.4. Charged Particle Heating.- A.5. Chemical Dynamics.- A.6. Quantum Systems.- Author Index.

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Nonlinear oscillations.
Stochastic processes.
Hamiltonian systems.

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