The file Lecture Notes revised 121214
contains the Lecture Notes I will use along the course, including
some exercises, that are part of the course.
Suggested excercises from the Lecture Notes.
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, Appendix A.7, A.8
Chapter 2: 2.1--2.3, 2.9--2.11
Chapter 3: 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8--3.11
Chapter 4: 4.1--4.6, 4.11-4.13
Chapter 5: 5.1--5.3, 5.8--5.11
Chapter 6: 6.1--6.3
Chapter 7: 7.1--7.3
Chapter 8: 8.1--8.6, Appendix A1--A.5
Chapter 9: 9.1--9.5 are almost solved in the Notes.
There is nothing wrong with trying other exercises from the Lecture Notes as
well. Answers are not available but some suggestions are given on Appendix
B of the Lecture Notes.
Use the book's ISBN number for searching: 0750303808.
The editor (Taylor and Francis) sells the book directly
but other booksites may occasionally be cheaper.
Ask e.g. www.bokfynd.nu to get different prices.
The book has a number of misprints. Some of them have been discovered, other
are waiting for a keen and accurate reader. The updated known list of
misprints is here.
Interesting references for the research-oriented student
T-Y Li and J Yorke, Period Three Implies Chaos, Amer. Math. Monthly,
82, 985, (1975).
L Block, J Guckenheimer, M Misiurewicz, L-S Young, Periodic Points and
Topological Entropy of One Dimensional Maps,
Lecture Notes in Mathematics 819, 18, Z. Nitecki and C. Robinson (eds),
Springer, 1980.
