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A first course in dynamics
by Boris Hasselblatt and Anatole Katok.
This is the book, we use as a reading lecture in
this semester.
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An introduction to Chaotic Dynamical Systems,
by Robert L. Devaney.
A book which had been used in the past for this course.
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Chaos, Fractals and Dynamics
by Robert L. Devaney. An other book by
Devaney. More towards computer experiments.
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Billiards
by Serge Tabatchnikov. A nice reference
booklet for billiards.
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Introduction to the Modern
Theory of Dynamical Systems
by Anatole Katok and Boris Hasselblatt.
A 800 thick book by the same authors then our
textbook. It is a good reference and contains much more
material. The Birkhoff library in the Mathematics department
has a handcopy of this book on the shelf.
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Encounters with Chaos
by Denny Gulick. This 13 year old classic makes
a good reading. Its focus is more narrow but it goes
deeper.
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Chaotic Evolution and Strange Attractors
by David Ruelle.
A short but fantastic little book with some
interesting gossip.
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Celestial Encounters
by Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes.
Also this book is very entertaining, lots of stories
about the people behind some discoveries.
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