The Hopf Bifurcation and Its Applications
by J. E. Marsden, M. McCracken
Publisher: Springer 1976
ISBN/ASIN: 0387902007
ISBN-13: 9780387902005
Number of pages: 424
Description:
The goal of these notes is to give a reasonably complete, although not exhaustive, discussion of what is commonly referred to as the Hopf bifurcation with applications to specific problems, including stability calculations.
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