1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131305903321

Autore

Henriksen R. N.

Titolo

Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / / Richard N. Henriksen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-527-68735-1

3-527-68734-3

3-527-68733-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

530.1595

Soggetti

Scaling laws (Statistical physics)

Self-similar processes

Statistical mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover            ""; ""Contents               ""; ""Preface              ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""Chapter 1 Arbitrary Measures of the Physical World                                                         ""; ""1.1 Similarity                     ""; ""1.2 Dimensional Similarity                                 ""; ""1.3 Physical Equations and the 'Pi' Theorem                                                  ""; ""1.4 Applications of the Pi Theorem                                         ""

""1.4.1 Plane Pendulum                           """"1.4.2 Pipe Flow of a Fluid                                 ""; ""1.4.3 Steady Motion of a Rigid Object in Viscous 'Fluid'                                                               ""; ""1.4.4 Diffusion and Self-Similarity                                          ""; ""1.4.5 Ship Wave Drag                           ""; ""1.4.6 Adiabatic Gas Flow                               ""; ""1.4.7 Time-Dependent Adiabatic Flow                                          ""

""1.4.8 Point Explosion in a Gaseous Medium                                                """"1.4.9 Applications in Fundamental Physics                                                ""; ""1.4.10 Drag on a Flexible Object in Steady Motion                                                        ""; ""1.4.11 Dimensional Analysis of Mammals                                             ""; ""1.4.12 Trees                   ""; ""References                 ""; ""Chapter 2 Lie Groups and Scaling Symmetry                                                ""



""2.1 The Rescaling Group                              """"2.1.1 Rescaling Physical Objects                                       ""; ""2.1.2 Reconciliation with the Buckingham Pi Theorem                                                          ""; ""2.1.3 Rescaling and Self-Similarity as a Lie Algebra                                                           ""; ""2.1.4 Practical Lie Self-Similarity                                          ""; ""2.2 Familiar Physical Examples                                     ""

""3.2.1 Self-Similar Lorentz Boost                                       ""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910692532103321

Titolo

Financial management [[electronic resource] ] : Census Monitoring Board disbursements, internal control weaknesses, and other matters : report to congressional requesters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. General Accounting Office, , [2000]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 15, 2004).

"September 2000."

Paper version available from: U.S. General Accounting Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"AIMD-00-317."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.