1st. ed 1998. Corr. 2nd printing 2002.
This book is the first systematic presentation of the theory of dynamical systems under the influence of randomness. It includes products of random mappings as well as random and stochasticdifferential equations. The basic mulitplicative ergodic theorem is presented and provides a random substitute for linear algebra. On its basis random invariant manifolds are constructed, systems are simplified by smooth random coordinate transformations (random normal forms), and qualitative changes in families of random systems (random bifurcation theory) are studied. Numerous instructive examples are treated analytically or numerically. The main intention, however, is to present a reliable and rather complete source of reference which lays the foundation for future work and applications.
I. Random Dynamical Systems and Their Generators.- 1. Basic Definitions. Invariant Measures.- 2. Generation.- II. Multiplicative Ergodic Theory.- 3. The Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem in Euclidean Space.- 4. The Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem on Bundles and Manifolds.- 5. The MET for Related Linear and Affine RDS.- 6. RDS on Homogeneous Spaces of the General Linear Group.- III. Smooth Random Dynamical Systems.- 7. Invariant Manifolds.- 8. Normal Forms.- 9. Bifurcation Theory.- IV. Appendices.- Appendix A. Measurable Dynamical Systems.- A.1 Ergodic Theory.- A.2 Stochastic Processes and Dynamical Systems.- A.3 Stationary Processes.- A.4 Markov Processes.- Appendix B. Smooth Dynamical Systems.- B.1 Two-Parameter Flows on a Manifold.- B.4 Autonomous Case: Dynamical Systems.- B.5 Vector Fields and Flows on Manifolds.- References.
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