Books and Publications
by J. C. Sprott


Books

* Physics Demonstrations: A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics (University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, 2006) QC30 S67 2006, ISBN 0-299-21580-6

* Images of a Complex World: The Art and Poetry of Chaos (World Scientific: Singapore 2005) QA845 C46 2005, ISBN 981-256-400-4 (hard cover) 981-256-401-2 (paperback)

* Chaos and Time-Series Analysis (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2003) Q172.5 C45 S67 2003, ISBN 0-19-850839-5 (hard cover) 0-19-850840-9 (paperback)

* Strange Attractors: Creating Patterns in Chaos (M&T Books: New York, 1993) QA614.86 S67 1993, ISBN 1-55851-298-5 (out of print, but the manuscript is available in HTML, PDF, and Microsoft Word format)

* Numerical Recipes: Routines and Examples in BASIC (Cambridge University Press: New York, 1991) QA297 S68 1991, ISBN 0-521-40688-9

* Introduction to Modern Electronics (John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1981) TK7815 S72, ISBN 0-471-05840-8 (out of print)


Selected Major Publications

* On the Robustness of Chaos in Dynamical Systems: Theories and Applications (with Z. Elhadj), Front. Phys. China 3, 195-204 (2008).

* Biophilic Fractals and the Visual Journey of Organic Screen-Savers (with R. P. Taylor), Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 12, 117-129 (2008).

* Maximally Complex Simple Attractors, Chaos 17, 033124-1 - 033128-6 (2007).

* A Two-dimensional Discrete Mapping with C-infinity Multifold Chaotic Attractors (with Z. Elhadj), Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics 17, 111-124 (2008)

* Hyperlabyrinth Chaos: From Chaotic Walks to Spatiotemporal Chaos (with K. E. Chlouverakis), Chaos 17, 023110-1 - 023110-8 (2007).

* A Simple Chaotic Delay Differential Equation, Phys. Lett. A. 366, 397-402 (2007).

* Labyrinth Chaos (with K. E. Chlouverakis), International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 17, 2097-2108 (2007).

* Probability of Local Bifurcation Type from a Fixed Point: A Random Matrix Perspective (with D. J. Albers), Journal of Statistical Physics 125, 889-925 (2006)

* High-Dimensional Dynamics in the Delayed Henon Map, Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics 3, 19-35 (2006)

* Chaotic Hyperjerk Systems (with K. E. Chlouverakis), Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 28, 739-746 (2005)

* Complex Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Lotka-Volterra Ring Systems (with J. C. Wildenberg and J. A. Vano), Ecological Complexity 3, 140-147 (2006)

* A Simple Spatiotemporal Chaotic Lotka-Volterra Model (with J. C. Wildenberg and Y. Azizi), Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 26, 1035-1043 (2005)

* Coexistence and Chaos in Complex Ecologies (with J. A. Vano, J. C. Wildenberg, M. B. Anderson, and J. K. Noel), Phys. Lett. A 335, 207-212 (2005)

* Routes to Chaos in High-Dimensional Dynamical Systems: A Qualitative Numerical Study (with D. J. Albers), Physica D 223, 194-207 (2006)

* Substance Abuse as a Dynamical Disease: Evidence and Clinical Implications of Nonlinearity in a Time Series of Daily Alcohol Consumption (with K. Warren and R. C. Hawkins), Addictive Behaviors 28, 369-374 (2003)

* A Comparison of Correlation and Lyapunov Dimensions (with K. E. Chlouverakis), Physica D 200, 156-164 (2004)

* Chaos in Low-Dimensional Lotka-Volterra Models of Competition (with J. A. Vano, J. C. Wildenberg, M. B. Anderson, and J. K. Noel), Nonlinearity 19, 2391-2404 (2006)

* Structural Stability and Hyperbolicity Violation in High-Dimensional Dynamical Systems (with D. J. Albers), Nonlinearity 19, 1801-1847 (2006)

* Persistent Chaos in High Dimensions (with D. J. Albers and J. P. Crutchfield), Phys. Rev. E 74, 057201-1 - 057201-4 (2006)

* Competition with Evolution in Ecology and Finance, Phys. Lett. A. 325, 329-333 (2004)

* Dynamical Models of Happiness, Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 9, 23-36 (2005)

* Precision Measurements of a Simple Chaotic Circuit (with K. Kiers and D. Schmidt), Am. J. Phys. 72, 503-509 (2004)

* Can a Monkey with a Computer Create Art?, Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 8, 103-114 (2004)

* Dynamical Models of Love, Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 8, 303-314 (2004)

* A Method for Approximating Missing Data in Spatial Patterns, Comput. & Graphics 28, 113-117 (2004)

* Chaos in Fractional-order Autonomous Nonlinear Systems (with W. M. Ahmad), Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 16, 339-351 (2003)

* Chaos in a Nonlinear Analog Computer (with K. Kiers, T. Klein, J. Kolb, and S. Price), International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 14, 2867-2873 (2004)

* Comment on "A New Class of Exact Solutions of the Vlasov Equation" (with G. Rowlands), Phys. Plasmas 9, 4093-4094 (2002)

* Self-organized Criticality and Complexity in Historical Landscape Patterns (with J. Bolliger and D. J. Mladenoff), OIKOS 100, 541-553 (2003)

* The Spirit Is Willing: Nonlinearity, Bifurcations, and Mental Control (with K. Warren and R. C. Hawkins), Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 6, 55-70 (2002)

* Self-organized Criticality in Forest-landscape Evolution (with J. Bolliger and D. J. Mladenoff), Phys. Lett. A 297, 267-271 (2002)

* Simplest Driven Conservative Chaotic Oscillator (with H. P. W. Gottlieb), Phys. Lett. A 291, 385-388 (2001)

* On the Synchronization of a Class of Electronic Circuits that Exhibit Chaos (with E. Bai and K. Lonngren), Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 13, 1515-1521 (2002)

* The Role of Depth and 1/f Dynamics in Perceiving Reversible Figures (with D. J. Aks), Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 7, 161-180 (2003)

* Improved Correlation Dimension Calculation (with G. Rowlands), International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 11, 1865-1880 (2001)

* Chaos and the Limits of Predictability for the Solar-wind-driven Magnetosphere-ionosphere System (with W. Horton and R. S. Weigel), Phys. Plasmas 8, 2946-2952 (2001)

* Algebraically Simple Chaotic Flows (with S. J. Linz), Int. J. Chaos Theory and Appl. 5, 3-22 (2000)

* Memory Across Eye-Movements: 1/f Dynamic in Visual Search (with D. J. Aks and G. J. Zelinsky), Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences 6, 1-25 (2002)

* Simple Chaotic Systems and Circuits, Am. J. Phys. 68, 758-763 (2000)

* A New Class of Chaotic Circuit, Phys. Lett. A 266, 19-23 (2000)

* Elementary Chaotic Flow (with S. J. Linz), Phys. Lett. A 259, 240-245 (1999)

* Controlling Chaos in a High Dimensional System with Periodic Parametric Perturbations (with K. A. Mirus), Phys. Lett. A 254, 275-278 (1999)

* Controlling Chaos in Low- and High-dimensional Systems with Periodic Parametric Perturbations (with K. A. Mirus), Phys. Rev. E 59, 5313-5324 (1999)

* Routes to Chaos in Neural Networks with Random Weights (with D. J. Albers and W. D. Dechert), International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 8, 1463-1478 (1998)

* Artificial Neural Net Attractors, Comput. & Graphics 22, 143-149 (1998)

* Scientific Visualization in Mathematics and Physics (with C. A. Pickover), ACM Interaction 4, 78-79 (1997)

* Some Simple Chaotic Jerk Functions, Am. J. Phys. 65, 537-543 (1997)

* Simplest Dissipative Chaotic Flow, Phys. Lett. A 228, 271-274 (1997)

* Dynamical Behavior of Artificial Neural Networks with Random Weights (with D. J. Albers and W. D. Dechert), in "Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks", Volume 6, C. H. Dagli, M. Akay, C. L. P. Chen, B. R. Fernandez, and J. Ghosh, ed., ASME Press: New York (1996), pp. 17-22

* On the Probability of Chaos in Large Dynamical Systems: A Monte Carlo Study (with W. D. Dechert and D. J. Albers), Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 23, 1197-1206 (1999)

* Strange Attractor Symmetric Icons, Comput. & Graphics 20, 325-332 (1996)

* Transport Reduction by Current Profile control in the Reversed Field Pinch (with J. S. Sarff, A. F. Almagri, M. Cekic, C.-S. Chaing, D. Craig, D. J. Den Hartog, G. Fiksel, S. A. Hokin, R. W. Harvey, H. Ji, C. Litwin, S. C. Prager, D. Sinitsyn, C. R. Sovinec, and E. Uchimoto), Phys. Plasmas 2, 2440-2446 (1995)

* Quantifying Aesthetic Preference for Chaotic Patterns (with Deborah J. Aks), Empirical Studies of the Arts 14, 1-16 (1996)

* Quantification of Determinism in Music using Iterated Function Systems (with Brian Meloon), Empirical Studies of the Arts 15, 3-13 (1997)

* Automatic Generation of General Quadratic Map Basins (with Clifford A. Pickover), Comput. & Graphics 19, 309-313 (1995)

* Some Simple Chaotic Flows, Phys. Rev. E 50, R647-R650 (1994)

* The Computer Artist and Art Critic, in "Fractal Horizons: The Future Use of Fractals", Clifford A. Pickover, ed., St. Martin's Press: New York (1996), pp. 77-115

* Automatic Generation of Iterated Function Systems, Comput. & Graphics 18, 417-425 (1994)

* Chaos in Reversed-field-pinch Plasma Simulation and Experiment (with Christopher Watts and D. E. Newman), Phys. Rev. E 49, 2291-2301 (1994)

* Predicting the Dimension of Strange Attractors, Phys. Lett. A 192, 355-360 (1994)

* Turbulent Transport in the Madison Symmetric Torus Reversed-field Pinch (with T. D. Rempel, A. F. Almagri, S. Assadi, D. J. Den Hartog, S. A. Hokin, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, W. Shen, K. L. Sidikman, C. W. Spragins, M. R. Stoneking, and E. J. Zita), Phys. Fluids B 4, 2136-2141 (1992)

* Automatic Generation of Strange Attractors, Comput. & Graphics 17, 325-332 (1993)

* How Common is Chaos?, Phys. Lett. A 173, 21-24 (1993)

* Global Confinement an Discrete Dynamo Activity in the MST Reversed-field Pinch (with S. Hokin, A. Almagri, S. Assadi, J. Beckstead, G. Chartas, N. Crocker, M. Cudzinovic, D. Den Hartog, R. Dexter, D. Holly, S. Prager, T. Rempel, J. Sarff, E. Scime, W. Shen, C. Spragins, G. Starr, M. Stoneking, C. Watts and R. Nebel), Phys. Fluids B 3, 2241-2246 (1991)

* Extraction of Dynamical Equations from Chaotic Data (with G. Rowlands), Physica D 58, 251-259 (1992)

* Modified Polynomial Function Model for Reversed-field Pinches (with W. Shen), Phys. Fluids B 3, 1225-1231 (1991)

* The Madison Symmetric Torus (with R. N. Dexter, D. W. Kerst, T. W. Lovell, and S. C. Prager), Fusion Technology 19, 131-139 (1991)

* First Results from the Madison Symmetric Torus Reversed Field Pinch (with S. C. Prager, A. F. Almagri, S. Assadi, J. A. Beckstead, R. N. Dexter, D. J. Den Hartog, G. Chartas, S. A. Hokin, T. W. Lovell, T. D. Rempel, J. S. Sarff, W. Shen, and C. W. Spragins), Phys. Fluids B 2, 1367-1371 (1990)

* Electrical Circuit Modeling of Reversed Field Pinches, Phys. Fluids 31, 2266-2275 (1988)

* Studies of Large, Non-circular Reversed Field Pinch Discharges (with A. Almagri, S. Assadi, R. N. Dexter, S. C. Prager, and J. S. Sarff), Nuclear Fusion 27, 1795-1803 (1987)

* Trapping of Gun-injected Plasma by a Tokamak (with A. W. Leonard and R. N. Dexter), Phys. Fluids 30, 2877-2884 (1987)

* Diffusion of Magnetic Fields into Conductors of Nonuniform Resistivity, J. Appl. Phys. 61, 817-821 (1987)

* Equilibrium Studies of a Poloidal Divertor Pinch with a Reversed Toroidal Field (with J. S. Sarff and L. Turner), Phys. Fluids 30, 2155- 2162 (1987)

* Electrical Circuit Modeling of Conductors with Skin Effect (with D. W. Kerst), J. Appl. Phys. 60, 475-481 (1986)

* Trapping of a Gun-Injected Plasma by a Tokamak (with A. W. Leonard and R. N. Dexter), Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 333-336 (1986)

* Multipole and Tokamak Research at the University of Wisconsin (with S. C. Prager), Nuclear Fusion 25, 1179-1182 (1985)

* Experimental Observation of the Shear Alfven Resonance in a Tokamak (with F. D. Witherspoon and S. C. Prager), Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 1559-1562 (1984)

* Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating in the Wisconsin Levitated Octupole (with C. M. Fortgang and E. J. Strait), Plasma Phys. and Controlled Fusion 26, 589-602 (1984)

* Plasma Heating with Strong Poloidal Ohmic Currents (with D. J. Holly and S. C. Prager), Phys. Fluids 26, 3435-3439 (1983)

* Protection of Large Capacitor Banks (with T. W. Lovell), Rev. Sci. Instrum. 54, 896-897 (1983).

* Tokamak Start-up with Electron Cyclotron Heating (with D. J. Holly, S. C. Prager, and D. A. Shepard), Nuclear Fusion 21, 1483-1487 (1981)

* High Power Heating in the Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies in the Wisconsin Tokapole II (with A. P. Biddle), Plasma Physics 23, 679-691 (1981)

* Experimental Observation of Plasma Paramagnetism in a Tokamak (with D. J. Holly, S. C. Prager, and M. W. Phillips), Phys. Fluids 23, 417- 418 (1980)

* Initial Results for the Tokapole-II Poloidal Divertor Device (with A. P. Biddle, R. N. Dexter, R. J. Groebner, D. J. Holly, B. Lipschultz, M. W. Phillips, and S. C. Prager), Nuclear Fusion 9, 1509-1518 (1979)

* Experimental Study of Axisymmetric Instability of Inverse-dee and Square Tokamak Equilibria (with B. Lipschultz, S. C. Prager, T. H. Osborne, and M. Phillips), Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 36-39 (1979)

* Experimental Demonstration of E x B Plasma Divertor (with E. J. Strait and D. W. Kerst), Phys. Fluids 21, 2342-2345 (1978)

* Experimental Test of the Feasibility of Heating Tokamaks by Gun Injection (with E. J. Strait), Nuclear Fusion 18, 1595-1598 (1978)

* Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating in the Wisconsin Supported Toroidal Octupole (with J. D. Barter), Plasma Physics 19, 945-957 (1977)

* Numerical Model of Plasma Confinement (with E. J. Strait), IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science PS-4, 6-10 (1976)

* Ion Cyclotron-Resonance Heating in a Toroidal Octupole (with J. D. Barter), Phys. Rev. Lett. 34, 1607-1609 (1975)

* Measurements of Electron-Cyclotron Heating Rates (with J. D. Barter and K. L. Wong), Phys. Fluids 17, 810-812 (1974)

* Digital Plasma Density Determining Device (with D. J. Holly and T. W. Lovell), Rev. Sci. Instrum. 45, 947-949 (1973).

* High-Beta Plasma Behaviour in a Canted Mirror (with R. A. Dandl, H. O. Eason and A. C. England), Nuclear Fusion 13, 693-701 (1973)

* Effect of Magnetic Field Errors on Confinement in Bumpy Tori, Phys. Fluids 16, 1157-1159 (1973)

* Numerical Calculations of Off-resonance Heating, Phys. Fluids 15, 2247-2253 (1972)

* Off-Resonance Heating of Mirror Confined Plasmas (with K. A. Connor and J. L. Shohet), Plasma Physics 14, 269-274 (1972)

* Computer Calculations of Electron Cyclotron Heating in a Nonuniform Magnetic Field (with P. H. Edmonds), Phys. Fluids 14, 2703-2707 (1971)

* Electron Cyclotron Heating Toroidal Octupoles, Phys. Fluids 14, 1795- 1802 (1971)

* Behavior of a Cold Ion Plasma in a Toroidal Octupole, Phys. Fluids 13, 1626-1633 (1970)

* Double Vortex Flows in Plasmas Axially Traversing Multipole Magnetic Fields (with Gerald O. Barney), Phys. Fluids 12, 707-712 (1969)

* Admittance Probe Method of Measuring Time Resolved Plasma Electron Temperatures, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 39, 1569-1570 (1968)

* Influence of a Toroidal Field on Plasma Confined in a Toroidal Octupole (with D. E. Lencioni, J. W. Poukey, J. A. Schmidt, and C. W. Erickson), Phys. Fluids 11, 1115-1125 (1968)

* Wide Band Electrostatic Probes for Use in Tenuous Plasmas, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 37, 897-900 (1966)


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