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Nonlinear mappings -- Probability in the theory of chaotic systems -- Symbolic dynamics -- The Shannon information -- Further information measures -- Generalized canonical distributions -- The fundamental thermodynamic relations -- Spin systems -- Escort distributions -- Fractals -- Multifractals -- Bit-cumulants in multifractal statistics -- Thermodynamics of finite volume -- Statistics of dynamical symbol sequences -- Expansion rate and information loss -- The topological pressure -- Transfer operator methods -- Repellers and escape -- Thermodynamics of expanding maps -- Thermodynamics with several intensive parameters -- Phase transitions -- References -- Index.

This book deals with the various thermodynamic concepts used for the analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems. The most important invariants used to characterise chaotic systems are introduced in a way that stresses the interconnections with thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Among the subjects treated are: probabilistic aspects of chaotic dynamics; the symbolic dynamics technique; information measures, the maximum entropy principle; general thermodynamic relations; spin systems; fractals and multifractals; expansion rate and information loss; the topological pressure; transfer operator methods; and repellers and escape. The more advanced chapters deal with the thermodynamic formalism for expanding maps, the thermodynamic analysis of chaotic systems with several intensive parameters and phase transitions in nonlinear dynamics.