Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

Chapters 1–3 of these lectures were given at the University of Oslo during my academic free half-year August l985–January 1986 which I spent at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE). Chapter 4 was given by T Riste during my journeys to other Scandinavian institutions where I held seminars covering much of what is reflected in Chapter 5. That chapter represents a contribution to chaos theory that was carried out in collaboration with J Palmore.