Topology and Dynamics of Chaos: In Celebration of Robert Gilmore's 70th Birthday (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series A)

The contents are mainly devoted to topology, the main field of Robert Gilmore's works in dynamical systems. They include a review on the topological analysis of chaotic dynamics, works done in the past as well as the very latest issues. Most of the contributors who published during the 90's, including the very well-known scientists Otto R ssler, Rene Lozi and Joan Birman, have made a significant impact on chaos theory, discrete chaos, and knot theory, respectively.

Very few books cover the topological approach for investigating nonlinear dynamical systems. The present book will provide not only some historical -- not necessarily widely known -- contributions (about the different types of chaos introduced by Rossler and not just the "Rossler attractor"; Gumowski and Mira's contributions in electronics; Poincare's heritage in nonlinear dynamics) but also some recent applications in laser dynamics, biology, etc.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in topological analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems producing chaotic attractors.