A. B. Pippard: Response and Stability

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Beschreibung

This book is concerned with the response of systems in equilibrium to perturbing forces, and the general theory underlying their behaviour. When a system is in equilibrium it can remain motionless indefinitely, until it is disturbed. Then it may sink back to its original state, or vibrate about the position of rest, or fall over. Also, if the conditions governing the system are slowly changed, the system will adjust itself to the alteration in a smooth fashion, except at critical points, where a tiny change of conditions may lead to a major alteration. Important modern topics to which the author gives serious attention are: elementary catastrophe theory; bifurcation and chaos in the response of driven systems; and phase changes, especially critical points and X-transitions. It is Professor Pippard's belief that all practising physicists and engineers should be aware of the disconcerting possibility of real systems to behave unpredictably and this book is intended to encourage the spread of such an awareness.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The harmonic oscillator; 2. Generalized linear systems and stability criteria; 3. Response of linear systems; 4. Periodically driven non-linear systems; 5. Elementary types of catastrophe; 6. Phase transitions; 7. Broken symmetry.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Physik
Genre:	Importe , Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521319942
ISBN-10:	0521319943
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pippard, A. B.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	A. B. Pippard
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.03.2009
Gewicht:	0,402 kg