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Tools for Analyzing Discrete Dynamical Systems
Author

Richard A. Holmgren
Organization: Allegheny College
Old MathSource #

0208-381
Revision date

1996-06-01
Description

These notebooks are intended to help the user explore concepts in discrete dynamical systems. They were developed for use with the text A First Course in Discrete Dynamical Systems, 2nd edition by Richard A. Holmgren, which was published by Springer-Verlag in 1996. They are sufficiently generic to be of use to anyone studying discrete dynamics at the undergraduate level.
Subject

*Mathematics > Calculus and Analysis > Dynamical Systems
Keywords

dynamics, dynamical systems
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BifurcationDiagrams.nb (733.8 KB) - Draws bifurcation diagrams for parametrized families of functions
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ComplexDynamics.nb (229.5 KB) - Illustrates concepts from complex dynamics. In particular, it contains algorithms for drawing Julia and Mandelbrot sets, as well as the basins of attraction for Newton's method in the complex plane
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GraphicalAnalysis.nb (94.1 KB) - Creates diagrams for graphical analysis of the dynamics of a function
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IteratingFunctions.nb (35.8 KB) - Describes methods of function iteration and graphing iterated functions

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BifurcationDiagrams.ma (700.8 KB) - Draws bifurcation diagrams for parametrized families of functions
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ComplexDynamics.ma (151.5 KB) - Illustrates concepts from complex dynamics. In particular, it contains algorithms for drawing Julia and Mandelbrot sets, as well as the basins of attraction for Newton's method in the complex plane
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GraphicalAnalysis.ma (25.1 KB) - Creates diagrams for graphical analysis of the dynamics of a function
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IteratingFunctions.ma (16.2 KB) - Describes methods of function iteration and graphing iterated functions