Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / / Richard N. Henriksen

• Autore: Henriksen R. N.
• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.1595
• Soggetto topico: Scaling laws (Statistical physics); Self-similar processes; Statistical mechanics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1 Arbitrary Measures of the Physical World ""; ""1.1 Similarity ""; ""1.2 Dimensional Similarity ""; ""1.3 Physical Equations and the 'Pi' Theorem ""; ""1.4 Applications of the Pi Theorem "" ; ""1.4.1 Plane Pendulum """"1.4.2 Pipe Flow of a Fluid ""; ""1.4.3 Steady Motion of a Rigid Object in Viscous 'Fluid' ""; ""1.4.4 Diffusion and Self-Similarity ""; ""1.4.5 Ship Wave Drag ""; ""1.4.6 Adiabatic Gas Flow ""; ""1.4.7 Time-Dependent Adiabatic Flow "" ; ""1.4.8 Point Explosion in a Gaseous Medium """"1.4.9 Applications in Fundamental Physics ""; ""1.4.10 Drag on a Flexible Object in Steady Motion ""; ""1.4.11 Dimensional Analysis of Mammals ""; ""1.4.12 Trees ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 2 Lie Groups and Scaling Symmetry "" ; ""2.1 The Rescaling Group """"2.1.1 Rescaling Physical Objects ""; ""2.1.2 Reconciliation with the Buckingham Pi Theorem ""; ""2.1.3 Rescaling and Self-Similarity as a Lie Algebra ""; ""2.1.4 Practical Lie Self-Similarity ""; ""2.2 Familiar Physical Examples "" ; ""3.2.1 Self-Similar Lorentz Boost ""
• Titolo autorizzato: Scale invariance
• ISBN: 3-527-68735-1; 3-527-68734-3; 3-527-68733-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828806903321
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