MODELING LOVE DYNAMICS: 89 (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science Series A) - Hardcover

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Fabio Dercole is assistant professor at Politecnico di Milano, in Milan, Italy.

Sergio Rinaldi is professor of system theory at Politecnico di Milano and holds an appointment with the IIASA Evolution and Ecology Program. He is the coauthor of Positive Linear Systems: Theory and Applications and Modeling and Control of River Quality, among other volumes.

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This book shows, for the very first time, how love stories - a vital issue in our lives - can be tentatively described with classical mathematics. Focus is on the derivation and analysis of reliable models that allow one to formally describe the expected evolution of love affairs from the initial state of indifference to the final romantic regime. The models are in full agreement with the basic philosophical principles of love psychology. Eight chapters are theoretically oriented and discuss the romantic relationships between important classes of individuals identified by particular psychological traits. The remaining chapters are devoted to case studies described in classical poems or in worldwide famous films.