Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-xv A Tutorial Introduction to Maple....Pages 1-15 Differential Equations....Pages 17-42 Planar Systems....Pages 43-69 Interacting Species....Pages 71-85 Limit Cycles....Pages 87-111 Hamiltonian Systems, Lyapunov Functions, and Stability....Pages 113-127 Bifurcation Theory....Pages 129-145 Three-Dimensional Autonomous Systems and Chaos....Pages 147-171 Poincaré Maps and Nonautonomous Systems in the Plane....Pages 173-196 Local and Global Bifurcations....Pages 197-218 The Second Part of Hilbert’s Sixteenth Problem....Pages 219-241 Linear Discrete Dynamical Systems....Pages 243-261 Nonlinear Discrete Dynamical Systems....Pages 263-295 Complex Iterative Maps....Pages 297-307 Electromagnetic Waves and Optical Resonators....Pages 309-335 Fractals and Multifractals....Pages 337-370 Chaos Control and Synchronization....Pages 371-393 Neural Networks....Pages 395-426 Simulation....Pages 427-444 Examination-Type Questions....Pages 445-451 Solutions to Exercises....Pages 453-474 Back Matter....Pages 1-35