Differential and Difference Equations Through Computer Experiments: With Diskettes Containing Phaser : An Animator/Simulator for Dynamical S

Hüseyin Kocak

ISBN 10: 0387969187 / ISBN 13: 9780387969183

Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1988

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Riassunto:

Phaser is a sophisticated program for IBM personal com-puters, developed atBrown University by the author and someof his students, which enables usersto experiment withdifferential and difference equations and dynamical systemsin an interactive environment using graphics.

Contenuti: I: Mathematical Synopsis.- 1. What is a Differential Equation?.- 1.1. Systems of Differential Equations.- 1.2. Geometrical Interpretation.- 1.3. Higher Order Equations.- 1.4. Non-autonomous Equations.- 2. Numerical Methods.- 2.1. Overview of Numerics.- 2.2. A Comparison of Algorithms.- 2.3. Practical Guidelines.- 3. What is a Difference Equation?.- 3.1. One-dimensional Difference Equations.- 3.2. Application: Calculating $$\sqrt{2}$$.- 3.3. Systems of Difference Equations.- 3.4. Planar Poincare Maps.- II: Handbook of PHASER.- 4. Learning to Use PHASER.- 4.1. The Startup Screen Layout.- 4.2. Interacting with PHASER.- 5. Lessons with PHASER.- Lesson 1. In and out of PHASER.- Lesson 2. Changing menus.- Lesson 3. Direction field.- Lesson 4. Changing views.- Lesson 5. Graphing variables.- Lesson 6. Initial conditions and parameters.- Lesson 7. Making transcripts for demonstrations.- Lesson 8. Browsing through the library.- Lesson 9. Entering your equations.- Lesson 10. Euler vs. Runge-Kutta.- Lesson 11. Stair step diagrams.- Lesson 12. Three-dimensional graphics.- Lesson 13. Advanced graphics: A 4D example.- Lesson 14. Planar sections and Poincare maps.- Lesson 15. Grand finale: Demo.- 6. Reference Guide to Menus.- 6.1. The NUMERICS Menu.- 6.2. The UTILITIES Menu.- 6.3. The VISUALAID Menu.- 6.4. The Graphical VIEWS.- III: Library of Equations.- 7. Differential Equations.- 7.1. One-dimensional Equations cubicld.- 7.2. Two-dimensional Equations linear2d, pendulum, vanderpol, predprey, saddlenod, pitchfork, transcrit, hopf, dzerol, dzero2, dzero3, hilbert2, hilbert4, averfvdp, gradient.- 7.3. Three-dimensional Equations lorenz, linear3d, vibration, bessel, euler, laguerre, legendre, forcevdp, forcepen, mathieu, forceduf, rossler, zeroim, silnikov, silnikov2.- 7.4. Four-dimensional Equations harmoscil, kepler, r3body, henheile, coplvdpl, coplvdp2, couplosc, reson21.- 8. Difference Equations.- 8.1. One-dimensional Equations logistic, dislinld, discubic, newton, tent, singer, mod, arnold.- 8.2. Two-dimensional Equations dislin2d, gauss, quadl, quad2, henon, lozi, dellogis, dispprey, bounball, anosov, Cremona, icremona, gingerman.- 8.3. Three-dimensional Equations dislin3d, act.- What remains to be done?.- Appendix A: PHASER Quick Reference.- Appendix B: Library of Equations.- References.

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Titolo: Differential and Difference Equations ...
Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: 1988
Legatura: Softcover
Condizione: Comme neuf
Edizione: seconda edizione