Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The harmonic oscillator; 2. Generalized linear systems and stability criteria; 3. Response of linear systems; 4. Periodically driven non-linear systems; 5. Elementary types of catastrophe; 6. Phase transitions; 7. Broken symmetry.

Promotional Information

This book is concerned with the response of systems in equilibrium to perturbing forces, and the general theory underlying their behaviour.