Geometrical Theory of Dynamical Systems and Fluid Flows (Advanced Series in Nonlinear Dynamics)
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9789812388063
Subjects: Fluid mechanics; Geometry; Mechanics of fluids; Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; Geometry - General; Engineering - Mechanical
First sentence: In mechanics, we deal with physical systems whose state at a time t is specified by the values of n real variables, x1,x2,...,xn, and furthermore the system is such that its time evolution is completely determined by the values of the n variables.