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This series of lectures aims to address three main questions that anyone interested in the study of nonlinear dynamics should ask and ponder over. What is nonlinear dynamics and how does it differ from linear dynamics which permeates all familiar textbooks? Why should the physicist study nonlinear systems and leave the comfortable territory of linearity? How can one progress in the study of nonlinear systems both in the analysis of these systems and in learning about new systems from observing their experimental behavior? While it is impossible to answer these questions in the finest detail, this series of lectures nonetheless successfully points the way for the interested reader. Other useful problems have also been incorporated as a study guide. By presenting both substantial qualitative information about phenomena in nonlinear systems and at the same time sufficient quantitative material, the author hopes that readers would learn how to progress on their own in the study of such similar material hereon.Contents: IntroductionNonlinear Oscillator without DissipationEquilibrium States of a Nonlinear Oscillator with DissipationOscillations in Systems with Nonlinear Dissipation-GeneratorsThe Van der Pol GeneratorThe Poincare MapSlow and Fast Motions in Systems with One Degree of FreedomForced Nonlinear Oscillators: Linear and Nonlinear ResonancesForced Generator: SynchronizationCompetition of ModesPoincare Indices and Bifurcations of Equilibrium StatesResonance Interactions between OscillatorsSolitonsSteady Propagation of Shock WavesFormation of Shock WavesSolitons. Shock Waves. Wave Interaction. The Spectral ApproachWeak Turbulence. Random Phase ApproximationRegular Patterns in Dissipative MediaDeterministic Chaos. Qualitative DescriptionDescription of a Circuit with Chaos. Chaos in MapsBifurcations of Periodic Motions. Period DoublingControlled Nonlinear Oscillator. IntermittencyScenarios of the Onset of Chaos. Chaos through Quasi-PeriodicityCharacteristics of Chaos. Experimental Observation of ChaosMultidimensional Chaos. Discrete Ginzburg-Landau ModelProblems to Accompany the LecturesReadership: Physicists.

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