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Record Nr.

UNISA996466495503316

Autore

Berger Mitchell A

Titolo

Lectures on Topological Fluid Mechanics [[electronic resource] ] : Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, July 2 - 10, 2001 / / by Mitchell A. Berger, Louis H. Kauffman, Boris Khesin, H. Keith Moffatt, Renzo L. Ricca, De Witt Sumners ; edited by Renzo L. Ricca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009

ISBN

1-280-38431-X

9786613562234

3-642-00837-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 223 p.)

Collana

C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries ; ; 1973

Classificazione

SI 850

Disciplina

532

Soggetti

Continuum physics

Topology

Dynamics

Ergodic theory

Functions of complex variables

Classical and Continuum Physics

Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

Several Complex Variables and Analytic Spaces

Kongress.

Cetraro <2001>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Fondazione CIME."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Braids and Knots -- Topological Quantities: Calculating Winding, Writhing, Linking, and Higher Order Invariants -- Tangles, Rational Knots and DNA -- The Group and Hamiltonian Descriptions of Hydrodynamical Systems -- Singularities in Fluid Dynamics and their Resolution -- Structural Complexity and Dynamical Systems -- Random Knotting: Theorems, Simulations and Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Helmholtz's seminal paper on vortex motion (1858) marks the



beginning of what is now called topological fluid mechanics.After 150 years of work, the field has grown considerably. In the last several decades unexpected developments have given topological fluid mechanics new impetus, benefiting from the impressive progress in knot theory and geometric topology on the one hand, and in mathematical and computational fluid dynamics on the other. This volume contains a wide-ranging collection of up-to-date, valuable research papers written by some of the most eminent experts in the field. Topics range from fundamental aspects of mathematical fluid mechanics, including topological vortex dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics, integrability issues, Hamiltonian structures and singularity formation, to DNA tangles and knotted DNAs in sedimentation. A substantial introductory chapter on knots and links, covering elements of modern braid theory and knot polynomials, as well as more advanced topics in knot classification, provides an invaluable addition to this material.