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Record Nr.

UNISA996466611803316

Autore

Nikolaev Igor <1961->

Titolo

Flows on 2-dimensional manifolds : an overview / / Igor Nikolaev, Evgeny Zhuzhoma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

3-540-48759-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 1999.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 302 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics ; ; Volume 1705

Classificazione

57R25

Disciplina

510

Soggetti

Mathematics

Differentiable dynamical systems

Global analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Definitions and examples -- Poincaré-Bendixson’s theory -- Decomposition of flows -- Local theory -- Space of flows and vector fields -- Ergodic theory -- Invariants of surface flows -- C *-algebras of surface flows -- Semi-local theory -- Anosov-Weil problem -- Non-compact surfaces -- Triptych.

Sommario/riassunto

Time-evolution in low-dimensional topological spaces is a subject of puzzling vitality. This book is a state-of-the-art account, covering classical and new results. The volume comprises Poincaré-Bendixson, local and Morse-Smale theories, as well as a carefully written chapter on the invariants of surface flows. Of particular interest are chapters on the Anosov-Weil problem, C*-algebras and non-compact surfaces. The book invites graduate students and non-specialists to a fascinating realm of research. It is a valuable source of reference to the specialists.