Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. First thoughts on equilibria and stability. Simple dynamic models
  • Stable and unstable motion, I
  • Stable and unstable motion, II
  • Growth and decay
  • pt. II. Further thoughts and extensions. Motion in time and space
  • Cycles and bifurcation
  • Bifurcation and catastrophe
  • Chaos
  • There is a better way
  • Appendix. Ordinary differential equations: a review.