Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0691027439 ISBN 13: 9780691027432
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: USED_GOOD. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0691005451 ISBN 13: 9780691005454
Zustand: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.
Verlag: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0691027439 ISBN 13: 9780691027432
Anbieter: Antiquariat Smock, Freiburg, Deutschland
Erstausgabe
Formateinband: Leinen mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe XV, 233 S. (24 cm) Gebundene Ausgabe; 1st Edition; Namenseintrag auf Schutztitelblatt; sonst in gutem Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650 [Stichwörter: Newton, Symbolic dynamics, Collision, KAM Theory etc.].
Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1996
ISBN 10: 0691005451 ISBN 13: 9780691005454
Anbieter: exlibris24 Versandantiquariat, Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland
Softcover. Zustand: Gut. Sauberes Exemplar mit nur geringen Gebrauchs-/Regalspuren. XV, 233 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarzweißen Abbildungen im Text. Broschierter Einband. 248 Seiten. 375 Gramm. 24x16cm. Englisch. VERLAGSINFO: Celestial Encounters is for anyone who has ever wondered about the foundations of chaos. In 1888, the 34-year-old Henri Poincare submitted a paper that was to change the course of science, but not before it underwent significant changes itself. »The Three-Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics« won a prize sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and the journal Acta Mathematica, but after accepting the prize, Poincare found a serious mistake in his work. While correcting it, he discovered the phenomenon of chaos. Starting with the story of Poincare's work, Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes trace the history of attempts to solve the problems of celestial mechanics first posed in Isaac Newton's Principia in 1686. In describing how mathematical rigor was brought to bear on one of our oldest fascinations - the motions of the heavens - they introduce the people whose ideas led to the flourishing field now called nonlinear dynamics. In presenting the modern theory of dynamical systems, the models underlying much of modern science are described pictorially, using the geometrical language invented by Poincare. More generally, the authors reflect on mathematical creativity and the roles that chance encounters, politics, and circumstance play in it. Alle Preise inkl. MwSt.