1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910146557603321

Autore

Ivancevic Vladimir G.

Titolo

Complex nonlinearity : chaos, phase transitions, topology change, and path integrals / / Vladimir G. Ivancevic, Tijana T. Ivancevic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany : , : Springer, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-281-85505-7

9786611855055

3-540-79357-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (857 p.)

Collana

Understanding complex systems

Springer complexity

Disciplina

629.836

Soggetti

Dynamics

Nonlinear control theory

Nonlinear systems

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 (pages [713]-830) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basics of Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics -- Phase Transitions and Synergetics -- Geometry and Topology Change in Complex Systems -- Nonlinear Dynamics of Path Integrals -- Complex Nonlinearity: Combining It All Together.

Sommario/riassunto

Complex Nonlinearity: Chaos, Phase Transitions, Topology Change and Path Integrals is a book about prediction & control of general nonlinear and chaotic dynamics of high-dimensional complex systems of various physical and non-physical nature and their underpinning geometro-topological change. The book starts with a textbook-like expose on nonlinear dynamics, attractors and chaos, both temporal and spatio-temporal, including modern techniques of chaos–control. Chapter 2 turns to the edge of chaos, in the form of phase transitions (equilibrium and non-equilibrium, oscillatory, fractal and noise-induced), as well as the related field of synergetics. While the natural stage for linear dynamics comprises of flat, Euclidean geometry (with the corresponding calculation tools from linear algebra and analysis), the natural stage for nonlinear dynamics is curved, Riemannian



geometry (with the corresponding tools from nonlinear, tensor algebra and analysis). The extreme nonlinearity – chaos – corresponds to the topology change of this curved geometrical stage, usually called configuration manifold. Chapter 3 elaborates on geometry and topology change in relation with complex nonlinearity and chaos. Chapter 4 develops general nonlinear dynamics, continuous and discrete, deterministic and stochastic, in the unique form of path integrals and their action-amplitude formalism. This most natural framework for representing both phase transitions and topology change starts with Feynman’s sum over histories, to be quickly generalized into the sum over geometries and topologies. The last Chapter puts all the previously developed techniques together and presents the unified form of complex nonlinearity. Here we have chaos, phase transitions, geometrical dynamics and topology change, all working together in the form of path integrals. The objective of this book is to provide a serious reader with a serious scientific tool that will enable them to actually perform a competitive research in modern complex nonlinearity. It includes a comprehensive bibliography on the subject and a detailed index. Target readership includes all researchers and students of complex nonlinear systems (in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology, economics, medicine, etc.), working both in industry/clinics and academia.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000098749707536

Autore

Eiseman, Cynthia Jones

Titolo

The Porticello Shipwreck : a Mediterranean Merchant Vessel of 415-385 b.C. / by Cynthia Jones Eiseman and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.] : Texas A&M University Press, c1987

ISBN

0890962448

Descrizione fisica

XII, 126 p. : ill. ; 31 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo

Soggetti

Archeologia subacquea - Italia - Porticello

Bronzi - Italia - Porticello

Costruzioni navali - Regione mediterranea

Navi mercantili - Italia - Porticello

Porticello - Italia -Sec. IV-V d.C.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Sul front.: published with the cooperation of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology