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UNINA9910131305903321 |
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Autore |
Henriksen R. N. |
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Titolo |
Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / / Richard N. Henriksen |
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Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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3-527-68735-1 |
3-527-68734-3 |
3-527-68733-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scaling laws (Statistical physics) |
Self-similar processes |
Statistical mechanics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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 "" |
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""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 "" |
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UNINA9910692532103321 |
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Titolo |
Financial management [[electronic resource] ] : Census Monitoring Board disbursements, internal control weaknesses, and other matters : report to congressional requesters |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. General Accounting Office, , [2000] |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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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." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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