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Format: Seite 113-138 , Diagramme

Series Statement: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London no. 990 = vol. 251 (1958/1959)

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Language: English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 356 p)

ISBN: 9781461335368 , 9781461335382

Note: It is hard to appreciate but nevertheless true that Michael John Seaton, known internationally for the enthusiasm and skill with which he pursues his research in atomic physics and astrophysics, will be sixty years old on the 16th of January 1983. To mark this occasion some of his colleagues and former students have prepared this volume. It contains articles that describe some of the topics that have attracted his attention since he first started his research work at University College London so many years ago. Seaton's association with University College London has now stretched over a period of some 37 years, first as an undergraduate student, then as a research student, and then, successively, as Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Reader, and Professor. Seaton arrived at University College London in 1946 to become an undergraduate in the Physics Department, having just left the Royal Air Force in which he had served as a navigator in the Pathfinder Force of Bomber Command. There are a number of stories of how his skill with instruments and the precision of his calculations, later to be so evident in his research, saved his crew from enemy action, and on one occasion, on a flight through the Alps, from a collision with Mount Blanc that at the time was shrouded in clouds

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3536-8

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Format: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition: Course Book

ISBN: 9781400860197

Series Statement: Princeton Legacy Library ; 988

Content: The leading scientists who gave these papers under the sponsorship of the Royal Society in early 1987 provide reviews of facets of the subject of chaos ranging from the practical aspects of mirror machines for fusion power to the pure mathematics of geodesics on surfaces of negative curvature. The papers deal with systems in which chaotic conditions arise from initial value problems with unique solutions, as opposed to those where chaos is produced by the introduction of noise from an external source. Table of Contents Diagnosis of Dynamical Systems with Fluctuating Parameters D. Ruelle Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Complex Cardiac Arrhythmias L. Glass, A. L. Goldberger, M. Courtemanche, and A. Shrier Chaos and the Dynamics of Biological Populations R. M. May Fractal Bifurcation Sets, Renormalization Strange Sets, and Their Universal Invariants D. A. Rand From Chaos to Turbulence in Bnard Convection A. Libchaber Dynamics of Convection N. O. Weiss Chaos: A Mixed Metaphor for Turbulence E. A. Spiegel Arithmetical Theory of Anosov Diffeomorphisms F. Vivaldi Chaotic Behavior in the Solar System J. Wisdom Chaos in Hamiltonian Systems I. C. Percival Semi-Classical Quantization, Adiabatic Invariants, and Classical Chaos W. P. Reinhardt and I. Dana Particle Confinement and Adiabatic Invariance B. V. Chirikov Some Geometrical Models of Chaotic Dynamics C. Series The Bakerian Lecture: Quantum Chaology M. V. BerryOriginally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Chairman's introduction -- , Diagnosis of dynamical systems with fluctuating parameters -- , Nonlinear dynamics, chaos and complex cardiac arrhythmias -- , Chaos and the dynamics of biological populations -- , Fractal bifurcation sets, renormalization strange sets and their universal invariants -- , From chaos to turbulence in Benard convection -- , Dynamics of convection -- , Chaos: a mixed metaphor for turbulence -- , Arithmetical theory of Anosov diffeomorphisms -- , Chaotic behaviour in the Solar System -- , Chaos in hamiltonian systems -- , Particle confinement and adiabatic invariance -- , Semi-classical quantization, adiabatic invariants and classical chaos -- , Some geometrical models of chaotic dynamics -- , THE BAKERIAN LECTURE, 1 9 8 7 Quantum chaology , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400860197

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400860197

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