Peyresq Lectures on Nonlinear Phenomena

Peyresq Lectures on Nonlinear Phenomena
Author: Robin Kaiser
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789810243159

" ... a compilation of lecture notes on various topics in nonlinear physics delivered by specialists during the summer schools organized by the Institut Non Linéaire de Nice (INLN) in Peyresq (French Alps of Provence) since 1998. The first volume, edited by R. Kaiser and J. Montaldi, contains courses from the years 1998 and 1999. This volume collects notes of the lectures given from the summers of 2000, 2001 and 2002"--Preface, v. 2.

Geometric Mechanics

Geometric Mechanics
Author: Waldyr Muniz Oliva
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2004-10-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 354045795X

Geometric Mechanics here means mechanics on a pseudo-riemannian manifold and the main goal is the study of some mechanical models and concepts, with emphasis on the intrinsic and geometric aspects arising in classical problems. The first seven chapters are written in the spirit of Newtonian Mechanics while the last two ones as well as two of the four appendices describe the foundations and some aspects of Special and General Relativity. All the material has a coordinate free presentation but, for the sake of motivation, many examples and exercises are included in order to exhibit the desirable flavor of physical applications.

Algebras, Representations and Applications

Algebras, Representations and Applications
Author: V. Futorny
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2009
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821846523

This volume contains contributions from the conference on "Algebras, Representations and Applications" (Maresias, Brazil, August 26-September 1, 2007), in honor of Ivan Shestakov's 60th birthday. The collection of papers presented here is of great interest to graduate students and researchers working in the theory of Lie and Jordan algebras and superalgebras and their representations, Hopf algebras, Poisson algebras, Quantum Groups, Group Rings and other topics.

Scaling Limits of Interacting Particle Systems

Scaling Limits of Interacting Particle Systems
Author: Claude Kipnis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3662037521

This book has been long awaited in the "interacting particle systems" community. Begun by Claude Kipnis before his untimely death, it was completed by Claudio Landim, his most brilliant student and collaborator. It presents the techniques used in the proof of the hydrodynamic behavior of interacting particle systems.

Modules and Algebras

Modules and Algebras
Author: Robert Wisbauer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1996-05-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780582289819

Module theory over commutative asociative rings is usually extended to noncommutative associative rings by introducing the category of left (or right) modules. An alternative to this procedure is suggested by considering bimodules. A refined module theory for associative rings is used to investigate the bimodule structure of arbitary algebras and group actions on these algebras.

Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems

Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Author: Antonio Galves
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821871386

This volume contains contributed papers authored by participants of a Conference on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems which was held at the Instituto Superior Tecnico (Lisbon, Portugal). The conference brought together a large number of specialists in the area of differential equations and dynamical systems and provided an opportunity to celebrate Professor Waldyr Oliva's 70th birthday, honoring his fundamental contributions to the field. The volume constitutes anoverview of the current research over a wide range of topics, extending from qualitative theory for (ordinary, partial or functional) differential equations to hyperbolic dynamics and ergodic theory.