18.385J | Fall 2004 | Graduate

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

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babynormalforms.pdf

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This resource contains notes on the normal forms for the various bifurcations that can occur in a one dimensional dynamical system ( ?x = f (x, r)) are derived via local approximations to the governing equation, valid near the critical values where the bifurcation occurs.

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