Description:
This book investigates uncontrolled and controlled time-continuous and time-discrete systems. It examines the question of controllability of dynamical systems into equilibrium states as well as chaotic behavior of autonomous time discrete systems.
Review Quotes:
From the reviews:
"This monograph deals with diverse areas of the theory of dynamical systems, such as stability, controllability and chaotic behavior. The authors' presentation is precisely limited to these topics, and is self-contained and illustrated by a number of useful examples. The text is easy to read. ... This book can be recommended for everybody interested in the mathematical formulation of controllability and chaotic behavior in general." (Denis Efimov, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 a)
"This book brings together three strands of mathematical thinking, two of them conventionally labelled as 'dynamical systems'. ... Used in conjunction with a standard text in dynamical systems or control theory, this would be an interesting supplement to a course in either discipline." (Thomas B. Ward, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1207, 2011)