Description
This volume contains the invited papers presented at the 9th International C- ference “Dynamical Systems – Theory and Applications” held in ?od z, Poland, December 17-20, 2007 dealing with nonlinear dynamical systems. The conf- encegatheredanumerousgroupofscientistsandengineers,whodealwithwidely understoodproblemsofdynamicsmetalsoinengineeringanddailylife. Organizationof the conferencewould nothavebeen possiblewithouta great effortofthestaffoftheDepartmentofAutomaticsandBiomechanicsoftheTech- calUniversityof?od z. Thepatronageovertheconferencehasbeentakenbythef- lowingscienti?cinstitutions:MechanicsandMachineDynamicsCommitteesofthe PolishAcademyofSciences,PolishSocietyofTheoreticalandAppliedMech- ics,PolishAssociationforComputationalMechanics,andTechnicalCommitteeof NonlinearOscillationsofIFToMM. The ?nancial support has been given by the Department of Education at the ?odz City Hall, Ministry of National Education and the Polish Association for ComputationalMechanics. We welcomednearly100personsfrom13countriesallovertheworld.They decidedto share the results of their researchandmanyyears of experiencein a disciplineofdynamicalsystemsbysubmittingmanyinterestingpapers. TheScienti?cCommitteeincludesthefollowingmembers:IgorV.Andrianov- Aachen;JanAwrejcewicz -?od z; Jose M. Balthazar- Rio Claro;Denis Bla- more- Newark; Iliya Blekhman – Sankt Petersburg;Roman Bogacz – Warsaw; TadeuszBurczyns ki-Gliwice;DickvanCampen-Eindhoven;Czes?awCempel- Poznan;LotharGaul- Stuttgart;Jozef Giergiel-Cracow;Katica Hedrih-Nis; ? Janusz Kowal – Cracow; Vadim A. Krysko – Saratov; W?odzimierz Kurnik – Warsaw; Claude-Henri Lamarque – Lyon; Nuno M. Maia – Lisbon; Leonid I.
