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This landmark book deals with nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) and nonlinear mode localization. Offers an analysis which enables the study of various nonlinear phenomena having no counterpart in linear theory. On a more theoretical level, the concept of NNMs will be shown...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2008-07-11
Collection :
Wiley Series in Nonlinear Science
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* Explains the physical meaning of linear and nonlinear structural mechanics.* Shows how to perform nonlinear structural analysis.* Points out important nonlinear structural dynamics behaviors.* Provides ready-to-use governing equations....
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2008-07-11
Collection :
Wiley Series in Nonlinear Science
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This book is based on the premise that the entropy concept, a fundamental element of probability theory as logic, governs all of thermal physics, both equilibrium and nonequilibrium. The variational algorithm of J. Willard Gibbs, dating from the 19th Century and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-06-26
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This book introduces the modern field of 3+1 numerical relativity. The book has been written in a way as to be as self-contained as possible, and only assumes a basic knowledge of special relativity. Starting from a brief introduction to general relativity, it discusses...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-04-10
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A dynamical system is called isochronous if it features in its phase space an open, fully-dimensional region where all its solutions are periodic in all its degrees of freedom with the same, fixed period. Recently a simple transformation has been introduced, applicable...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-02-07
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Tensor algebra and tensor analysis were developed by Riemann, Christo?el, Ricci, Levi-Civita and others in the nineteenth century. The special theory of relativity, as propounded by Einstein in 1905, was elegantly expressed by Minkowski in terms of tensor ?elds in a ?at...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-10-05
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This work tries to provide an elementary introduction to the notions of continuum limit and universality in statistical systems with a large number of degrees of freedom. The existence of a continuum limit requires the appearance of correlations at large distance, a...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-05
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We gathered here in a lovely and quaint fishing port, Marciana Marina on the island of Elba, to celebrate one of the pioneers of integrable systems, Hirota
Sensei, and this at the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Trained as a physicist in his home university Kyushu...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-05-16
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A variety of different social, natural and technological systems can be described by the same mathematical framework. This holds from the Internet to food webs and to boards of company directors. In all these situations a graph of the elements of the system and their...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-05-03
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This volume contains lectures delivered at the International Conference Operator Theory and its Applications in Mathematical Physics (OTAMP 2004), held at the Mathematical Research and Conference Center in Bedlewo near Poznan, Poland. The idea behind these lectures was...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser
Parution :
2007-04-29
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This handbook provides an up-to-date survey of current research topics and applications of time series analysis methods written by leading experts in their fields. It covers recent developments in univariate as well as bivariate and multivariate time series analysis...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2006-12-13
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This book discusses the computational approach in modern statistical physics in a clear and accessible way and demonstrates its close relation to other approaches in theoretical physics. Individual chapters focus on subjects as diverse as the hard sphere liquid,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-09-14
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Mathematical Tools for Physicists is a unique collection of 18 carefully reviewed articles, each one written by a renowned expert working in the relevant field. The result is beneficial to both advanced students as well as scientists at work; the former will appreciate...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2006-08-21
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The Conference “Perspectives in Analysis” was held during May 26–28, 2003 at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.The purpose of the conference was to consider the future of analysis along with its relations to other areas of mathematics and physics,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2006-06-01
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A concise, comprehensive introduction to the topic of statistical physics of combinatorial optimization, bringing together theoretical concepts and algorithms from computer science with analytical methods from physics. The result bridges the gap between statistical...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2006-05-12
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Molecular simulation is a widely used tool in biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. This book contains a collection of articles by leading researchers who are developing new methods for molecular modelling and simulation. Topics addressed here include: multiscale...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2006-03-22
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
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Many physicists are not aware of the fact that they can solve their problems by applying optimization algorithms. Since the number of such algorithms is steadily increasing, many new algorithms have not been presented comprehensively until now. This presentation of...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2006-03-06
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This reference work provides a comprehensive insight into past developments in the application of non-linear dynamics, such as production systems in the manufacturing and process engineering, mechanical engineering and plant construction and automation technology. As...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2006-03-06
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A new edition of this well-established monograph, this volume provides a comprehensive overview over the still fascinating field of chaos research. The authors include recent developments such as systems with restricted degrees of freedom but put also a strong emphasis...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2006-03-06
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All there is to know about functional analysis, integral equations and calculus of variations in a single volume. This advanced textbook is divided into two parts: The first on integral equations and the second on the calculus of variations. It begins with a short...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2006-03-06
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