Asymptotic Analysis of Fields in Multi-structures

Asymptotic Analysis of Fields in Multi-structures
Author: Vladimir Kozlov
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1999
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780198514954

This book outlines a powerful new method in analysis which has already been instrumental in solving complicated partial differential equations arising in various areas of engineering. It is suitable for those working with partial differential equations and their applications, and an undergraduate knowledge of PDE's and functional analysis is assumed.

Foliations and the Geometry of 3-Manifolds

Foliations and the Geometry of 3-Manifolds
Author: Danny Calegari
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2007-05-17
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0191524638

This unique reference, aimed at research topologists, gives an exposition of the 'pseudo-Anosov' theory of foliations of 3-manifolds. This theory generalizes Thurston's theory of surface automorphisms and reveals an intimate connection between dynamics, geometry and topology in 3 dimensions. Significant themes returned to throughout the text include the importance of geometry, especially the hyperbolic geometry of surfaces, the importance of monotonicity, especially in 1-dimensional and co-dimensional dynamics, and combinatorial approximation, using finite combinatorical objects such as train-tracks, branched surfaces and hierarchies to carry more complicated continuous objects.

Thermoelasticity with Finite Wave Speeds

Thermoelasticity with Finite Wave Speeds
Author: Józef Ignaczak
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2010
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199541647

A unique monograph in a fast developing field of generalized thermoelasticity, an area of active research in continuum mechanics, focusing on thermoelasticity governed by hyperbolic equations, rather than on a wide range of continuum theories.

General Relativity and the Einstein Equations

General Relativity and the Einstein Equations
Author: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2009
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0199230722

General Relativity has passed all experimental and observational tests to model the motion of isolated bodies with strong gravitational fields, though the mathematical and numerical study of these motions is still in its infancy. It is believed that General Relativity models our cosmos, with a manifold of dimensions possibly greater than four and debatable topology opening a vast field of investigation for mathematicians and physicists alike. Remarkable conjectures have been proposed, many results have been obtained but many fundamental questions remain open. In this monograph, aimed at researchers in mathematics and physics, the author overviews the basic ideas in General Relativity, introduces the necessary mathematics and discusses some of the key open questions in the field.

Hyperbolic Dynamics and Brownian Motion

Hyperbolic Dynamics and Brownian Motion
Author: Jacques Franchi
Publisher: Oxford Mathematical Monographs
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0199654107

A simple introduction to several important fields of modern mathematics. The exposition is based on an interplay between hyperbolic geometry, stochastic calculus, special relativity and chaotic dynamics. It is suitable for anyone with some solid background in linear algebra, calculus, and probability theory.

Feynman's Operational Calculus and Beyond

Feynman's Operational Calculus and Beyond
Author: Gerald W Johnson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2015-08-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191006882

This book is aimed at providing a coherent, essentially self-contained, rigorous and comprehensive abstract theory of Feynman's operational calculus for noncommuting operators. Although it is inspired by Feynman's original heuristic suggestions and time-ordering rules in his seminal 1951 paper An operator calculus having applications in quantum electrodynamics, as will be made abundantly clear in the introduction (Chapter 1) and elsewhere in the text, the theory developed in this book also goes well beyond them in a number of directions which were not anticipated in Feynman's work. Hence, the second part of the main title of this book. The basic properties of the operational calculus are developed and certain algebraic and analytic properties of the operational calculus are explored. Also, the operational calculus will be seen to possess some pleasant stability properties. Furthermore, an evolution equation and a generalized integral equation obeyed by the operational calculus are discussed and connections with certain analytic Feynman integrals are noted. This volume is essentially self-contained and we only assume that the reader has a reasonable, graduate level, background in analysis, measure theory and functional analysis or operator theory. Much of the necessary remaining background is supplied in the text itself.

Sixty Shades of Generalized Continua

Sixty Shades of Generalized Continua
Author: Holm Altenbach
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 781
Release: 2023-02-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031261860

In this book, well-known scientists discuss modern aspects of generalized continua, in order to better understand modern materials and advanced structures. They possess complicated internal structure, and it requires the development of new approaches to model such structures and new effects caused by it. This book combines fundamental contributions in honor of Victor Eremeyev and his 60th birthday.

Shell Structures, Theory and Applications

Shell Structures, Theory and Applications
Author: Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2005-09-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780415383905

Shells are basic structural elements of modern technology. Examples of shell structures include automobile bodies, domes, water and oil tanks, pipelines, ship hulls, aircraft fuselages, turbine blades, laudspeaker cones, but also balloons, parachutes, biological membranes, a human skin, a bottle of wine or a beer can. This volume contains full texts of over 100 papers presented by specialists from over 20 countries at the 8th Conference "Shell Structures: Theory and Applications", 12-14 October, 2005 in Jurata (Poland). The aim of the meeting was to bring together scientists, designers, engineers and other specialists in shell structures in order to discuss important results and new ideas in this field. The goal is to pursue more accurate theoretical models, to develop more powerful and versatile methods of analysis, and to disseminate expertise in design and maintenance of shell structures. Among the authors there are many distinguished specialists of shell structures, including the authors of general lectures: I.V. Andrianov (Ukraine), V.A. Eremeyev (Russia), A. Ibrahimbegovic (France), P. Klosowski (Poland), B.H. Kröplin (Germany), E. Ramm (Germany), J.M. Rotter (UK) and D. Steigmann (USA). The subject area of the papers covers various theoretical models and numerical analyses of strength, dynamics, stability, optimization etc. of different types of shell structures, their design and maintenance, as well as modelling of some surface-related mechanical phenomena.

Threading Homology Through Algebra

Threading Homology Through Algebra
Author: G. Boffi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2006-06-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0198524994

Aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematics, this book takes homological themes, such as Koszul complexes and their generalizations, and shows how these can be used to clarify certain problems in selected parts of algebra, as well as their success in solving a number of them.