Nonlinear Dynamics: Exploration Through Normal Forms

The Text: Its Scope, Style, and Content Basic Concepts Naive Perturbation Theory (NPT) Formalism of Perturbation Expansion Problems with Eigenvalues That Have Negative Real Part Normal Form Expansion for Conservative Planar Systems Dissipative Planar Systems Nonautonomous Oscillatory Systems Problems with a Zero Eigenvalue Higher-Dimensional Hamiltonian Systems Higher-Dimensional Dissipative Systems Appendix Index.