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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822029903321

Autore

Lichtenberg Allan J

Titolo

Regular and Chaotic Dynamics / / by A.J. Lichtenberg, M.A. Lieberman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992

ISBN

1-4757-2184-6

Edizione

[2nd ed. 1992.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 692 p.)

Collana

Applied Mathematical Sciences, , 0066-5452 ; ; 38

Disciplina

515

515.392

Soggetti

Mathematical analysis

Analysis (Mathematics)

Mathematical physics

Analysis

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

1 Overview and Basic Concepts -- 2 Canonical Perturbation Theory -- 3 Mappings and Linear Stability -- 4 Transition to Global Stochasticity -- 5 Stochastic Motion and Diffusion -- 6 Three or More Degrees of Freedom -- 7 Bifurcation Phenomena and Transition to Chaos in Dissipative Systems -- 8 Chaotic Motion in Dissipative Systems -- Appendix A -- Applications -- A.1. Planetary Motion -- A.2. Accelerators and Beams -- A.3. Charged Particle Confinement -- A.4. Charged Particle Heating -- A.5. Chemical Dynamics -- A.6. Quantum Systems -- Author Index.

Sommario/riassunto

What's in a name? The original title of our book, Regular and Stochastic Motion, was chosen to emphasize Hamiltonian dynamics and the physical motion of bodies. The new edition is more evenhanded, with considerably more discussion of dissipative systems and dynamics not involving physical motion. To reflect this partial change of emphasis, we have substituted the more general terms in our title. The common usage of the new terms clarifies the emphasis of the book. The main change in the book has been to expand the sections on dissipative dynamics, including discussion of renormalization, circle maps, intermittancy, crises, transient chaos, multifractals, reconstruction, and



coupled mapping systems. These topics were either mainly in the mathemati­ cal literature or essentially unstudied when our first edition was written. The volume of work in these areas has surpassed that in Hamiltonian dynamics within the past few years. We have also made changes in the Hamiltonian sections, adding many new topics such as more general transformation and stability theory, connected stochasticity in two-dimensional maps, converse KAM theory, new topics in diffusion theory, and an approach to equilibrium in many dimensions. Other sections such as mapping models have been revised to take into account new perspectives. We have also corrected a number of misprints and clarified various arguments with the help of colleagues and students, some of whom we acknowledge below. We have again chosen not to treat quantum chaos, partly due to our own lack ofacquaintance with the subject.