LEADER 02745nam a2200373 i 4500 001 991000160479707536 008 031204s2001 de a b 001 0 eng d 020 $a3110169916 035 $ab12578277-39ule_inst 040 $aDip.to Matematica$beng 082 0 $a515.352$221 084 $aAMS 37-01 084 $aAMS 37A50 084 $aAMS 37A30 084 $aAMS 70K55 084 $aLC QA614.8.B48 084 $a53.1.65 100 1 $aBerger, Arno$0481526 245 10$aChaos and chance :$ban introduction to stochastic aspects of dynamics /$cArno Berger 260 $aBerlin ; New York :$bWalter de Gruyter,$c2001 300 $ax, 245 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm 440 0$aDe Gruyter textbook 504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-240) and index 505 0 $aIntroduction. Long-time behaviour of mechanical systems ; Iteration of maps ; Elementary stochastic processes ; Basic aspects of discrete dynamical systems. Hyperbolicity and bifurcations ; How may simple systems become complicated? Facing deterministic chaos ; Symbolic dynamical systems ; The emergence of chaos ; Newton's method for polynomials: a case study ; Circle maps, rotation numbers, and minimality ; Gimpses of billiards ; Horseshoes, attractors, and natural extensions ; Toral maps and shadowing ; Ergodic theory I. Foundations. The statistical point of view ; Invariant and ergodic measures ; Ergodic theorems ; Aspects of mixing ; Mixing properties ; The concept of entropy ; Ergodic theory II: Applications. The Frobenius-Perron operator ; Asymptotic behaviour of densities ; Piecewise expanding Markov maps ; A short look at Markov chains ; Class structure, absorption probabilities, and hitting times ; Recurrence and transience: dynamical classification of states ; The long-time behaviour of Markov chains ; The dynamical evolution of measures : Basic examples and concepts ; Asymptotic stability ; Back to geometry: fractal sets and measures ; Three final examples ; Searching for non-normal numbers ; The fractal nature of Brownian paths ; Patterns of congruence in the Pascal triangle 650 0$aDifferentiable dynamical systems 650 0$aChaotic behavior in systems 856 41$3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2001042161.html$zTable of contents 907 $a.b12578277$b12-10-12$c04-12-03 912 $a991000160479707536 945 $aLE006 53.1.65 BER$g1$i2006000154277$lle006$op$pE34.56$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i13994748$z31-01-05 945 $aLE013 37-XX BER11 (2001)$g1$i2013000143637$lle013$op$pE52.98$q-$rl$s- $t0$u2$v0$w2$x0$y.i13075974$z10-02-04 996 $aChaos and chance$9254054 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale006$a(2)le013$b04-12-03$cm$da $e-$feng$gde $h0$i3