Phase transition dynamics /
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| Author / Creator: | Ma, Tian, 1956- author. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Springer, 2014. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 555 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11082107 |
| Summary: | This book is an introduction to a comprehensive and unified dynamic transition theory for dissipative systems and to applications of the theory to a range of problems in the nonlinear sciences. The main objectives of this book are to introduce a general principle of dynamic transitions for dissipative systems, to establish a systematic dynamic transition theory, and to explore the physical implications of applications of the theory to a range of problems in the nonlinear sciences. The basic philosophy of the theory is to search for a complete set of transition states, and the general principle states that dynamic transitions of all dissipative systems can be classified into three categories: continuous, catastrophic and random. The audience for this book includes advanced graduate students and researchers in mathematics and physics as well as in other related fields. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 555 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461489634 1461489636 1461489628 9781461489627 |