Geometrical Methods in the Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations

by Vladimir I. Arnold

Book Overview

Since the first edition of this book, geometrical methods in the theory of ordinary differential equations have become very popular and some progress has been made partly with the help of computers. Much of this progress is represented in this revised, expanded edition, including such topics as the Feigenbaum universality of period doubling, the Zoladec solution, the Iljashenko proof, the Ecalle and Voronin theory, the Varchenko and Hovanski theorems,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461269946
• ISBN13: 9781461269946
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A revolutionnary approach

The only way to understand the basic idea of V.I. Arnol'd in this splendid - yet very difficult book - is to read carefully the following text: [...] We are inside a deep educational crisis forbidding to the students to establish close intellectual contact with their scientific ancestors.