CATASTROPHE THEORY by Arnol'd, V I ISBN 3540548114
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An informal survey of the applications of singularity theory, which has been revised and updated in order to cover such topics as shock waves, implicit differential equations, folded singularities and interior scattering. Readers require only a minimal mathematical background.
This well-known booklet, now in its third, expanded edition, provides an informal survey of applications of singularity theory in a wide range of areas. Although the first few chapters touch briefly (and critically) on the Thom-Zeeman catastrophe theory, most of the book is concerned with more recent and less controversial aspects, covering such topics as: bifurcations and stability loss, wavefront propagation, the distribution of matter in the universe, optimization and control problems, visible contours, bypassing an obstacle, symplectic and contact geometry, complex singularities, and the surprising connections between singularities and widely disparate mathematical objects such as regular polyhedra and reflection groups. Readers familiar with the previous editions will find much that is new. Results have been brought up to date, and among the new or expanded topics discussed are delayed loss of stability, cascades of period doublings and triplings, shock waves, implicit differential equations and folded singularities, interior scattering, and more. Three new sections give an overview of the history of singularity theory and its applications from Leonardo da Vinci to modern times, a discussion of perestroika in terms of the theory of metamorphoses, and a list of 93 problems touching on most of the subject matter in the book. The text is enhanced by fifteen new drawings (there are now 87 in all) and improvements to old ones. The already extensive literature list has been updated and expanded. As a result, the book has been enlarged by almost a third. Arnol'd's goal with this edition remains the same: to explain the essence of the results and applications to readers having a minimal mathematical background. All that he asks, is that the reader have an inquiring mind.
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[edit] Title
CATASTROPHE THEORY
[edit] Author
Arnol'd, V I
[edit] ISBN
3540548114
[edit] Published
31/07/1992
[edit] Publisher
Springer-Verlag GmbH., Germany
[edit] Binding
paperback (C format)
[edit] Retail Price
27 (GBP)
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24.3 (GBP)
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