03916cam a2200613Ki 4500 9781003024132 FlBoTFG 20260210180717.0 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 210203t20212021flu o 000 0 eng d OCoLC-P eng rda OCoLC-P 1000358933 electronic book 9781000358933 electronic book 9781000358957 electronic publication 100035895X electronic publication 9781003024132 electronic book 1003024130 electronic book 9781000358940 electronic book Mobipocket 1000358941 electronic book Mobipocket 9780367903947 hardcover 0367903946 10.1201/9781003024132 doi (OCoLC)1236034754 (OCoLC-P)1236034754 QA614.8 .L54 2021 MAT 003000 bisacsh MAT 007000 bisacsh MAT 000000 bisacsh PBW bicssc 515.39 23 LoFaro, Thomas, author. Discovering Dynamical Systems Through Experiment and Inquiry / Thomas LoFaro and Jeff Ford. First edition. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021. ©2021 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Textbooks in mathematics Discovering Dynamical Systems Through Experiment and Inquiry differs from most texts on dynamical systems by blending the use of computer simulations with inquiry-based learning (IBL). IBL is an excellent tool to move students from merely remembering the material to deeper understanding and analysis. This method relies on asking students questions first, rather than presenting the material in a lecture. Another unique feature of this book is the use of computer simulations. Students can discover examples and counterexamples through manipulations built into the software. These tools have long been used in the study of dynamical systems to visualize chaotic behavior. We refer to this unique approach to teaching mathematics as ECAP--Explore, Conjecture, Apply, and Prove. ECAP was developed to mimic the actual practice of mathematics in an effort to provide students with a more holistic mathematical experience. In general, each section begins with exercises guiding students through explorations of the featured concept and concludes with exercises that help the students formally prove the results. While symbolic dynamics is a standard topic in an undergraduate dynamics text, we have tried to emphasize it in a way that is more detailed and inclusive than is typically the case. Finally, we have chosen to include multiple sections on important ideas from analysis and topology independent from their application to dynamics. An Introduction to Dynamical Systems -- Sequences -- Fixed Points and Periodic Points -- Analysis of Fixed Points -- Bifurcations -- Examples of Global Dynamics -- The Tools of Global Dynamics -- Examples of Chaos -- From Fixed Points to Chaos -- Sarkovskii's Theorem -- Dynamical Systems on the Plane -- The Smale Horseshoe -- Generalized Symbolic Dynamics. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Differentiable dynamical systems. Dynamics. 3094 System theory. MATHEMATICS / Applied bisacsh MATHEMATICS / Differential Equations bisacsh MATHEMATICS / General bisacsh Ford, Jeff, author. Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003024132 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf 89153 89152