Introduction to the Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems on Surfaces ( Translations of Mathematical Monographs )

Publication series : Translations of Mathematical Monographs

Author: Samuel Kh. Aranson;G. R. Belitsky;E. V. Zhuzhoma  

Publisher: American Mathematical Society‎

Publication year: 2018

E-ISBN: 9781470445683

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780821803691

Subject: O175.1 Ordinary Differential Equations

Keyword: 数学

Language: ENG

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Introduction to the Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems on Surfaces

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This book is an introduction to the qualitative theory of dynamical systems on manifolds of low dimension (on the circle and on surfaces). Along with classical results, it reflects the most significant achievements in this area obtained in recent times by Russian and foreign mathematicians whose work has not yet appeared in the monographic literature. The main stress here is put on global problems in the qualitative theory of flows on surfaces. Despite the fact that flows on surfaces have the same local structure as flows on the plane, they have many global properties intrinsic to multidimensional systems. This is connected mainly with the existence of nontrivial recurrent trajectories for such flows. The investigation of dynamical systems on surfaces is therefore a natural stage in the transition to multidimensional dynamical systems. The reader of this book need be familiar only with basic courses in differential equations and smooth manifolds. All the main definitions and concepts required for understanding the contents are given in the text. The results expounded can be used for investigating mathematical models of mechanical, physical, and other systems (billiards in polygons, the dynamics of a spinning top with nonholonomic constraints, the structure of liquid crystals, etc.). In our opinion the book should be useful not only to mathematicians in all areas, but also to specialists with a mathematical background who are studying dynamical processes: mechanical engin

Chapter

Title page

Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1. Dynamical systems on surfaces

Chapter 2. Structure of limit sets

Chapter 3. Topological structure of a flow

Chapter 4. Local structure of dynamical systems

Chapter 5. Transformations of the circle

Chapter 6. Classification of flows on surfaces

Chapter 7. Relation between smoothness properties and topological properties of flows

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