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ON SELF-ORGANIZATION
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SEARCH FOR A UNIFYING PRINCIPLE |
| By: |
R. K. Mishra (Editor), D. Maass (Editor), Eduard Zwierlein (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£72.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3642457282 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783642457289 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
7 May, 2012 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994 |
| Series: |
Springer Series in Synergetics 61 |
| Pages: |
298 |
| Synopsis: |
The thread of self-organization which is now recognized as permeating many dynamical transformations in diverse systems around us seems set to unleash a revolution as influential as that of Darwin in the last century. Darwin removed the 'originator' of a species; self-organization now seeks to remove the 'organizer' from an organism. Methods of nonlinear dynamics have played a crucial role in opening up this field and if these methods have a progenitor it is Henri Poi~care (1854 - 1912) whose first substantial compilation amongst his prolific productio~ was Les Methodes Nouvelles de la Mecanique Celeste, Vol 1. Thi~ work'aplleared in Paris in 1892, a century ago, thus offering us the opportunity to celebrate a centenary of this extraordinary revolutionary of science: M~:of. ~he ex;tensive contributions of Poincare helped to lay the foundation of this field of nonlinear dynamics, for _e. xam*lI~e mai:hematic~l theory of . dillJ. ensions~ . ( qualita. tively) global aspects of ph~ ~~c~ d~~~ics, topological analysis, . fiXed. pbiilt theo- rems, bifurcation COIiC~l?ts :{~o ?e u~d later for example for Andronov-Poincare bifurcation), diffe~!:. Iice' equation mappings in phase spa |
| Illustrations: |
11 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 298 p. 11 illus. |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
| Returns: |
Returnable |