This book provides analytical and numerical methods for the estimation of dimension characteristics (Hausdorff, Fractal, Carathéodory dimensions) for attractors and invariant sets of dynamical systems and cocycles generated by smooth differential equations or maps in finite-dimensional Euclidean spaces or on manifolds. It also discusses stability investigations using estimates based on Lyapunov functions and adapted metrics. Moreover, it introduces various types of Lyapunov dimensions of dynamical systems with respect to an invariant set, based on local, global and uniform Lyapunov exponents, and derives analytical formulas for the Lyapunov dimension of the attractors of the Hénon and Lorenz systems. Lastly, the book presents estimates of the topological entropy for general dynamical systems in metric spaces and estimates of the topological dimension for orbit closures of almost periodic solutions to differential equations.

Provides a systematic presentation of research activities in the dimension theory of dynamical systems in finite-dimensional Euclidean spaces and manifolds Investigates global attractors and invariant sets for dynamical systems by means of Lyapunov functions and adapted metrics Presents theory and simulations on attractor dimension estimates for dynamical systems

Inhalt
Attractors and Lyapunov Functions.- Singular Values, Exterior Calculus and Logarithmic Norms.- Introduction to Dimension Theory.