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Literature reference: example of stable and unstable manifolds in Henon-Heiles system

There is a quite classical description of chaotic systems based on the behaviour of stable and unstable manifolds around a stationary point of the Poincaré section. It is presented, for example, [here,...
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Books for memory mechanism of nonlinear systems?

The description of complex-systems aka dynamical-systems says: In such systems, nonlinear interactions can lead to memory and feedback mechanisms, self-organized criticality, and chaotic behavior. ...
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Self-study book for dynamical systems theory?

What textbook would you recommend for a bachelor in theoretical physics to study dynamical systems theory? I don't want to focus too much on chaos, just having a broad view of every interesting ...
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Reference for the Landau-Lifshitz system

I'm interested in understanding the dynamics of the discrete Landau-Lifshitz system. It's solutions to equations like $$\frac{\partial X_n}{\partial t} = X_n\times (X_{n-1}+X_{n+1})$$ where the $X_n$ ...
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Stability theory [closed]

I'm studying stability theory recently and met a lot of phrases like linear stability and nonlinear instability. After searching on Google, I became more confused. Thus I wonder if there is any ...