In this book, the authors present the elements of a general theory for
flows on three-dimensional compact boundaryless manifolds, encompassing
flows with equilibria accumulated by regular orbits.
The book aims to provide a global perspective of this theory and make it
easier for the reader to digest the growing literature on this subject.
This is not the first book on the subject of dynamical systems, but
there are distinct aspects which together make this book unique.
Firstly, this book treats mostly continuous time dynamical systems,
instead of its discrete counterpart, exhaustively treated in some other
texts. Secondly, this book treats all the subjects from a mathematical
perspective with proofs of most of the results included. Thirdly, this
book is meant to be an advanced graduate textbook and not just a
reference book or monograph on the subject. This aspect is reflected in
the way the cover material is presented, with careful and complete
proofs, and precise references to topics in the book.