An Introduction to Piecewise Smooth Dynamics - Paperback

by Paul Glendinning (Author), Mike R. Jeffrey (Author), Elena Bossolini (Editor)

Presents classical theory and some of the newest techniques
Discusses a number of future challenges

Back Jacket

This book is aimed at mathematicians, scientists, and engineers, studying models that involve a discontinuity, or studying the theory of nonsmooth systems for its own sake. It is divided in two complementary courses: piecewise smooth flows and maps, respectively. Starting from well known theoretical results, the authors bring the reader into the latest challenges in the field, going through stability analysis, bifurcation, singularities, decomposition theorems and an introduction to kneading theory. Both courses contain many examples which illustrate the theoretical concepts that are introduced.

Author Biography

Dr Mike Jeffrey is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.