文档介绍：Discrete Dynamical Systems
Oded Galor
Discrete Dynamical
Systems
Prof. Oded Galor
Brown University
Department of Economics
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Providence, RI 02912
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ISBN-10 3-540-36775-6 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
ISBN-13 978-3-540-36775-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Acknowledgements
This book has evolved over the past decade while I have been teach-
ing master and doctoral courses at Brown University and the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem on the subjects of discrete dynamical systems
and their applications for intertemporal macroeconomics and economic
growth. I benefited from the interaction with several cohorts of students
who have read the manuscript in its various stages and provided con-
ments on its different segments. I