| Dynamical Systems and Geometric Mechanics: An Introduction Contributor(s): Maruskin, Jared (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110597292 ISBN-13: 9783110597295 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $137.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Mathematics | Differential Equations - General - Mathematics | Topology - General |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.67 lbs) 348 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Geometric Mechanics provides a comprehensive tour of two fields that are intimately entwined: dynamical systems is the study of the behavior of physical systems that may be described by a set of nonlinear first-order ordinary differential equations in Euclidean space, whereas geometric mechanics explore similar systems that instead evolve on differentiable manifolds. The first part discusses the linearization and stability of trajectories and fixed points, invariant manifold theory, periodic orbits, Poincaré maps, Floquet theory, the Poincaré-Bendixson theorem, bifurcations, and chaos. The second part of the book begins with a self-contained chapter on differential geometry that introduces notions of manifolds, mappings, vector fields, the Jacobi-Lie bracket, and differential forms. |
Contributor Bio(s): Maruskin, Jared: - Jared Michael Maruskin, MZ Inc., USA |