Author: Erik P. van den Ban
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0817682449
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Hans Duistermaat, an influential geometer-analyst, made substantial contributions to the theory of ordinary and partial differential equations, symplectic, differential, and algebraic geometry, minimal surfaces, semisimple Lie groups, mechanics, mathematical physics, and related fields. Written in his honor, the invited and refereed articles in this volume contain important new results as well as surveys in some of these areas, clearly demonstrating the impact of Duistermaat's research and, in addition, exhibiting interrelationships among many of the topics.
Author: Waldyr M. Oliva
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540442424
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Geometric Mechanics here means mechanics on a pseudo-riemannian manifold and the main goal is the study of some mechanical models and concepts, with emphasis on the intrinsic and geometric aspects arising in classical problems. The first seven chapters are written in the spirit of Newtonian Mechanics while the last two ones as well as two of the four appendices describe the foundations and some aspects of Special and General Relativity. All the material has a coordinate free presentation but, for the sake of motivation, many examples and exercises are included in order to exhibit the desirable flavor of physical applications.
Author: Hiroyoshi Mitake
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319542087
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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Consisting of two parts, the first part of this volume is an essentially self-contained exposition of the geometric aspects of local and global regularity theory for the Monge–Ampère and linearized Monge–Ampère equations. As an application, we solve the second boundary value problem of the prescribed affine mean curvature equation, which can be viewed as a coupling of the latter two equations. Of interest in its own right, the linearized Monge–Ampère equation also has deep connections and applications in analysis, fluid mechanics and geometry, including the semi-geostrophic equations in atmospheric flows, the affine maximal surface equation in affine geometry and the problem of finding Kahler metrics of constant scalar curvature in complex geometry. Among other topics, the second part provides a thorough exposition of the large time behavior and discounted approximation of Hamilton–Jacobi equations, which have received much attention in the last two decades, and a new approach to the subject, the nonlinear adjoint method, is introduced. The appendix offers a short introduction to the theory of viscosity solutions of first-order Hamilton–Jacobi equations.
Author: A.T. Fomenko
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789056990077
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Reflecting the significant contributions of Russian mathematicians to the field, this book contains a selection of papers on tensor and vector analysis. It is divided into three parts, covering Hamiltonian systems, Riemannian geometry and calculus of variations, and topology. The range of applications of these topics is very broad, as many modern geometrical problems recur across a wide range of fields, including mechanics and physics as well as mathematics. Many of the approaches to problems presented in this volume will be novel to the Western reader, although questions are of global interest. The main achievements of the Russian school are placed in the context of the development of each individual subject.
Author: I︠U︡. E. Gliklikh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387948676
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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This book is the first in monographic literature giving a common treatment to three areas of applications of Global Analysis in Mathematical Physics previously considered quite distant from each other, namely, differential geometry applied to classical mechanics, stochastic differential geometry used in quantum and statistical mechanics, and infinite-dimensional differential geometry fundamental for hydrodynamics. The unification of these topics is made possible by considering the Newton equation or its natural generalizations and analogues as a fundamental equation of motion. New general geometric and stochastic methods of investigation are developed, and new results on existence, uniqueness, and qualitative behavior of solutions are obtained.
Author: Jorge Cortés Monforte
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540457305
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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Nonholonomic systems are a widespread topic in several scientific and commercial domains, including robotics, locomotion and space exploration. This work sheds new light on this interdisciplinary character through the investigation of a variety of aspects coming from several disciplines. The main aim is to illustrate the idea that a better understanding of the geometric structures of mechanical systems unveils new and unknown aspects to them, and helps both analysis and design to solve standing problems and identify new challenges. In this way, separate areas of research such as Classical Mechanics, Differential Geometry, Numerical Analysis or Control Theory are brought together in this study of nonholonomic systems.
Author: Ovidiu Calin
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821846884
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Author: M. Francaviglia
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444597379
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Providing a logically balanced and authoritative account of the different branches and problems of mathematical physics that Lagrange studied and developed, this volume presents up-to-date developments in differential goemetry, dynamical systems, the calculus of variations, and celestial and analytical mechanics.
Author: Jurij E. Gliklich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783540548089
Category : Differentialgeometrie - Hydrodynamik
Languages : en
Pages : 213
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Author: Paul Concus
Publisher: International Press of Boston
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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This volume documents a conference celebrating Robert Finn's 70th birthday. The introduction discusses Finn's career, and highlights his contributions to the field of mathematics and its applications. The following papers cover advances in geometric analysis and continuum mechanics.
