The Eighth International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications was held at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. This volume comprises refereed papers presented at this conference. These papers cover all important themes, conjectures, and open problems in the fields of discrete dynamical systems and ordinary and partial difference equations, classical and contemporary, theoretical and applied.

Gewohnliche Differenzialgleichungen gehoren sowohl zum zentralen Ausbildungsstoff der Mathematik als auch zu den wichtigsten theoretischen Werkzeugen fur Naturwissenschaftler und Ingenieure.

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine grundliche und dennoch leicht verstandliche Einfuhrung in die Theorie gewohnlicher Differenzialgleichungen. Der behandelte Lehrstoff betont zeitgemae nichtlineare Fragestellungen und qualitative Untersuchungsmethoden - bis hin zu den Grundzugen der Stabilitats- und Verzweigungstheorie. In der Neuauflage wird jedoch - auf Wunsch zahlreicher Leser - den linearen Differenzialgleichungen speziell im Hinblick auf Randwertprobleme und Potenzreihenlosungen mehr Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet.

Die Darstellung ist besonders ausfuhrlich und in allen Einzelheiten ausgearbeitet - angereichert durch 120 Beispiele, 190 Abbildungen und 200 zum Teil neue Aufgaben (mit Losungen im Internet).

The Eighth International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications was held at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. This volume comprises refereed papers presented at this conference. These papers cover all important themes, conjectures, and open problems in the fields of discrete dynamical systems and ordinary and partial difference equations, classical and contemporary, theoretical and applied.

The series of International Conferences on Difference Equations and Applications has established a tradition within the mathematics community. Scientists from many different areas of research come together to highlight current interests, challenges and unresolved problems. This volume comprises selected papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Difference Equations which was held at Augsburg, Germany. It covers all themes in the fields of discrete dynamical systems and ordinary and partial difference equations, classical and contemporary, theoretical and applied. It provides a useful reference text for graduates and researchers working in this area of mathematics.