Linear and Nonlinear Rotor Dynamics

Authors: Toshio Yamamoto and Yukio Ishida
Reviewer: Ales Tondl, Institute for Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

Nonlinear Dynamics of Interacting Populations

Author: Alexander D. Bazykin
Reviewer: Odo Diekmann, Mathematisch Instituut, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Global Analysis of Dynamical Systems

Authors: Henk Broer, Bernd Krauskopf, and Gert Vegter
Reviewer: Ferdinand Verhulst, Mathematisch Instituut, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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