[1] About Sci.nonlinear FAQ

• [1] About Sci.nonlinear FAQ
• [2] Basic Theory
• [3] Applications and Advanced Theory
• [4] To Learn More
• [5] Computational Resources
• [6] Acknowledgments

This is version 2.0(Sept. 2003) of the Frequently Asked Questions document for the newsgroup sci.nonlinear. This document can also be found in

• Html format from:
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  • http://www-chaos.engr.utk.edu/faq.html Tennessee,
  • http://www.fen.bris.ac.uk/engmaths/research/nonlinear/faq.html England,
  • http://www.sci.usq.edu.au/mirror/sci.nonlinear.faq/faq.html (dead link) Australia,
  • http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sci/nonlinear-faq/ Hypertext FAQ Archive
  Or in other formats:
  • http://amath.colorado.edu/pub/dynamics/papers/sci.nonlinearFAQ.pdf PDF Format,
  • http://amath.colorado.edu/pub/dynamics/papers/sci.nonlinearFAQ.rtf RTF Format,
  • http://amath.colorado.edu/pub/dynamics/papers/sci.nonlinearFAQ.tex old version in TeX,
  • http://www.faqs.org/ftp/faqs/sci/nonlinear-faq the FAQ's site, text version
  • ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/sci/nonlinear-faq text format.

This FAQ is maintained by Jim Meiss
Copyright (c) 1995-2003 by James D. Meiss, all rights reserved. This FAQ may be posted to any USENET newsgroup, on-line service, or BBS as long as it is posted in its entirety and includes this copyright statement. This FAQ may not be distributed for financial gain. This FAQ may not be included in commercial collections or compilations without express permission from the author.

[1.1] What's New?

• Fixed lots of broken and outdated links. A few sites seem to be gone, and some new sites appeared.
• To some extent this FAQ is now been superseded by the Dynamical Systems site run by SIAM. See http://www.dynamicalsystems.org There you will find a glossary that contains most of the answers in this FAQ plus new ones. There is also a growing software list. You are encouraged to contribute to this list, and can do so interactively.