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The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models » (New Edition)

Authors: John M. Gottman, James D. Murray, Catherine Swanson, Rebecca Tyson, Kristin R. Swanson
ISBN-13: 9780262572309, ISBN-10: 0262572303
Format: Paperback
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: New Edition

John M. Gottman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington.

James D. Murray is Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington.

Catherine Swanson is a software engineer at the University of Washington.

Rebecca Tyson is Research Scientist at the University of Arizona.

Kristin R. Swanson is Senior Fellow in Pathology and Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington.

A guide to the mathematical modeling of marriage.

1	What do we mean by theory?	1
2	What phenomena are we modeling?	5
3	Nonlinear dynamic modeling	35
4	Calculus - the mathematics of change	41
5	Introduction to dynamic modeling	65
6	Modeling catastrophic change	81
7	Intuitive discussion of phase space plots	99
8	Interacting dyadic systems	111
9	Writing the equations of marriage	127
10	Initial results of our modeling	151
11	Who needs all this math?	165
12	Applying the model to newlyweds	173
13	Repair and damping	189
14	Extending the marriage model	233
15	The core triad of balance	251
16	The marriage experiments	291
17	How to prepare data for modeling	337