Wikipedia's definition of a dynamical system

[phibonacci]

Hi,

In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamical_system_%28definition%29" dynamical systems are defined in a very general way. Does anyone know a book that contains this definition? I didn't find it in any of the books in the reference list of the Wikipedia article. I am writing a text that focuses on discrete dynamical systems, but I would still like to include the general definition, and therefore I need a reliable source I can refer to.

Thanks in advance,

phibonacci

 

[JohnSimpson]

The definition from Scholarpedia is rather cute I think. Wiggins is the typical intro level reference book I believe.

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Dynamical_systems

 

[phibonacci]

Thanks for the tip. I also found "Introduction to the Modern Theory of Dynamical Systems" by Katok and Hasselblatt to be quite useful.