Classical mechanics / H. C. Corben, Philip Stehle

• Record Nr.: UNINA990000250210403321
• Autore: Corben, H. C.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: 2. ed. - New York : Toppan Company, copyr. 1960
• Descrizione fisica: XI, 389 p. ill. 22 cm
• Locazione: DINAE
• Collocazione: 09 024-014
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Fluids and plasmas : geometry and dynamics / / Jerrold E. Marsden, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788781903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [1984]; ©1984
• ISBN: 0-8218-7613-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary mathematics, , 0271-4132 ; ; 28 , 0271-4132
• Disciplina: 532/.05
• Soggetti: Fluid dynamics; Plasma dynamics; Differentiable dynamical systems; Geometry, Differential
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Proceedings of the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference in the Mathematical Sciences on Fluids and Plasmas, Geometry and Dynamics held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, July 17-23, 1983"--Title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Introduction -- Conference Participants -- Part I. Geometric-Analytic Methods -- Stability of Poisson-Hamilton equilibria -- Stability of rigid body motion using the energy-Casimir method -- Stability of planar multifluid plasma equilibria by Arnold's method -- Canonical derivation of the Vlasov-Coulomb noncanonical Poisson structure -- Reduction and Hamiltonian structures on duals of semidirect product Lie algebras -- Gauged Lie-Poisson structures -- The Hamiltonian structure of the BBGKY hierarchy equations -- Particle and bracket formulations of kinetic equations -- Noncanonical Hamiltonian field theory and reduced MHD -- Geometry and guiding center motion -- Lie-transform derivation of the gyrokinetic Hamiltonian system -- Poisson structures for relativistic systems -- Diffeomorphism groups, semidirect products and quantum theory -- Part II. Analytic and Numerical Methods -- Contour dynamics for two dimensional flows -- On the nonlinear stability of circular vortex patches -- Vortex methods for fluid flow in two or three dimensions -- Hamiltonian perturbation theory and water waves -- Results on existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Vlasov equation -- Remarks on collisionless plasmas -- Toward a new kinetic theory for resonant triads -- A spectral method for external viscous flows -- Forecasting the ocean's weather: numerical models for application to oceanographic data -- Part III. Bifurcation and Dynamical Systems -- Geometry and dynamics in experiments on chaotic systems -- Dimension estimates for attractors -- Solitary waves as fixed points of infinite-dimensional maps in an optical bistable ring cavity -- Hopf bifurcation and the beam-plasma instability -- Some remarks on chaotic particle paths in time-periodic, three-dimensional swirling flows -- A universal transition from quasi-periodicity to chaos -- On the nonpathological behavior of Newton's method -- Successive bifurcations in the interaction of steady state and Hopf bifurcation -- Convection in a rotating fluid layer.

Taxation in colonial America [[electronic resource] /] / Alvin Rabushka

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785665003321
• Autore: Rabushka Alvin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-96434-8; 9786612964343; 1-4008-2870-8
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (969 p.)
• Disciplina: 336.200973/09032
• Soggetti: Taxation - United States - History - 17th century; Taxation - United States - History - 18th century; United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• 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 (p. 891-914) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Founding the American Colonies -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The First Wave -- Chapter 2. The Middle Wave -- Chapter 3. The Third Wave -- Appendix -- Part Two. Turmoil In England - Growth In The Colonies, 1607-1688 -- Introduction -- Chapter 4. Constitutional Government and Politics in England, 1607-1688 -- Chapter 5. Imperial Governance: Constitutional and Commercial Policy, 1607-1688 -- Chapter 6. The Colonial Constitution, 1607-1688 -- Chapter 7. Taxation of the New England Colonies, 1620-1688 -- Chapter 8. Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1624-1688 -- Chapter 9. Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1607-1688 -- Appendix. Taxation in the American Colonies, 1688 -- Part Three. War in Europe - Opportunity in the Colonies, 1688-1714 -- Introduction -- Chapter 10. Constitutional Government and Politics in England, 1688-1714 -- Chapter 11. Imperial Governance: Constitutional and Commercial Policy, 1688-1714 -- Chapter 12. The Colonial Constitution, 1688-1714 -- Chapter 13. Taxation of the New England Colonies, 1688-1714 -- Chapter 14. Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1688-1714 -- Chapter 15. Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1688-1714 -- Appendix. Tax Burdens in the ; American Colonies, 1714 -- Part Four. Salutary Neglect in the Colonies, 1714-1739 -- Introduction -- Chapter 16. Imperial Governance and the Colonial Constitution, 1714-1739 -- Chapter 17. Taxation of the New England Colonies, 1714-1739 -- Chapter 18. Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1714-1739 -- Chapter 19. Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1714-1739 -- Appendix. Taxes in the American Colonies, 1739 -- Part Five. War, Debt, Money, and Taxes: Prelude to Imperial Intervention, 1739-1763 -- Intervention -- Chapter 20. Imperial Governance and the Colonial Constitution, 1739-1763 -- Chapter 21. Taxation of the New England Colonies, 1739-1763 -- Chapter 22. Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1739-1763 -- Chapter 23. Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1739-1763 -- Part Six. An American Tax, 1763-1775 -- Introduction -- Chapter 24. British Politics, Imperial Governance, and Colonial Government and Politics, 1763-1775 -- Chapter 25. British Taxation of the American Colonies, 1763-1775 -- Chapter 26. Taxation of the New England Colonies, 1763-1775 -- Chapter 27. Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1763-1775 -- Chapter 28. Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1763-1775 -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Taxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists. Spanning the turbulent years from the founding of the Jamestown settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Alvin Rabushka provides the definitive history of taxation in the colonial era, and sets it against the backdrop of enormous economic, political, and social upheaval in the colonies and Europe. Rabushka shows how the colonists strove to minimize, avoid, and evade British and local taxation, and how they used tax incentives to foster settlement. He describes the systems of public finance they created to reduce taxation, and reveals how they gained control over taxes through elected representatives in colonial legislatures. Rabushka takes a comprehensive look at the external taxes imposed on the colonists by Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, as well as internal direct taxes like poll and income taxes. He examines indirect taxes like duties and tonnage fees, as well as county and town taxes, church and education taxes, bounties, and other charges. He links the types and amounts of taxes with the means of payment--be it gold coins, agricultural commodities, wampum, or furs--and he compares tax systems and burdens among the colonies and with Britain. This book brings the colonial period to life in all its rich complexity, and shows how colonial attitudes toward taxation offer a unique window into the causes of the revolution.