416 Index
Poincaré map , 319, 323, 373
closed orbit, 221
computing of, 12–15
description of, 11, 221, 319
graph of, 14
semi-, 265
Poincaré-Bendixson theorem
applications of, 227–230, 246
description of, 225–227
polar coordinates, 164
population
discrete logistic population model, 336
logistic population model, 4–7, 335
positive Liapunov exponents, 323
positively invariant, 200
potential energy, 280
Prandtl number, 304
predator/prey systems, 239–246
Q
quantum mechanical systems, 298–299
quasi-periodic motions, 119
R
range, 92, 94
Rayleigh number, 304
real distinct eigenvalues, 39–44, 51–53
reduced row echelon form, 79
regular point, 205
repeated eigenvalues, 47–49, 56–57, 95–101,
119–122
repelling fixed point, 330
resistor
characteristic, 259
passive, 262
return condition, 316
RLC circuit, 23, 257–261
Rössler attractor, 324–325
Runge-Kuta method, 154–155
S
saddle
definition of, 39–42, 108
higher dimensional, 173–174
nonlinear, 168–174
spiral, 113
saddle connections, 193
saddle-node bifurcation, 177–178, 179f–180f,
181, 332
scaled variables, 294
second-order equations, 23
seed of the orbit, 38f, 328
semiconjugacy, 341
semi-Poincaré map, 265
sensitive dependence on initial conditions,
305, 321
sensitivity constant, 338
separation of variables, 241
set
compact, 228–229
dense, 101
limit, 215–218
set of physical states, 259
shift map, 347–349, 370
Shil’nikov system, 359–366
singularity, 293–297
sink
definition of, 42–44, 329
higher-dimensional, 109
nonlinear, 165–168
spiral, 47, 48f
three-dimensional, 110f
slope, 117
slope field, 6
smooth dynamical system, 141
smoothness of flows, 149–150, 402
S-nullclines, 236
solutions
collision-ejection, 296–297
continuous dependence of, 147–149
equilibrium, 2
extending, 395–398
general, 34
heteroclinic, 193
homoclinic, 209, 226, 363f
near-collision, 297
periodic, 215, 363f
straight-line, 33, 52
source
definition of, 43–44
nonlinear, 165–168
spiral, 47, 48f
source fixed point, 330
space
configuration, 278
phase, 278
state, 259, 278
tangent, 286
three-parameter, 71–72
space derivative, 402
spanned, 77, 89
spiral center, 112f
spiral saddle, 113, 113f