Sternberg S. Dynamical Systems

Dover Publications, 2010. - 272 pages.A pioneer in the field of dynamical systems created this modern one-semester introduction to the subject for his classes at Harvard University. Its wide-ranging treatment covers one-dimensional dynamics, differential equations, random walks, iterated function systems, symbolic dynamics, and Markov chains. Supplementary materials offer a variety of online components, including PowerPoint lecture slides and MatLAB exercises.