Readings:

The lectures will be based on Steven H. Strogatz: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering, Perseus Books Group, 2001

Additional reading:

• Stephen Wiggins: Introduction to Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Springer, 2003. .

• K.T. Allgood, T.D.Sauer, J.A.Yorke, CHAOS: An Introduction to Dynamical Systems, Springer-Verlag New York, 1996

• Manneville, Paul. Instabilities, Chaos and Turbulence : An Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems, Singapore: Imperial College Press, 2004.

• Medio, Alfredo. Non-Linear Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2001.