Dynamics of Hierarchical Systems: An Evolutionary Approach - Couverture rigide

Nicolis, John S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3540133232 ISBN 13 : 9783540133230

Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1986

Synopsis

The main aim of these lectures is to tri gger the interest of the restless under- graduate student of physical, mathematical, engineering, or biological sciences in the new and exciting multidisciplinary area of the evolution of "large-scale" dynamical systems. This text grew out of a synthesis of rather heterogeneous mate- rial that I presented on various occasions and in different contexts. For example, from lectures given since 1972 to first- and final-year undergraduate and first- year graduate students at the School of Engineering of the University of Patras and from informal seminars offered to an international group of graduate and post- doctoral students and faculty members at the University of Stuttgart in the aca- demic year 1982-1983. Those who search for rigor or even formality in this book are bound to be rather disappointed. My intention is to start from "scratch" if possible, keeping the rea- soning heuristic and tied as closely as possible to physical intuition; I assume as prerequisites just basic knowledge of (classical) physics (at the level of the Berkeley series or the Feynman lectures), calculus, and some elements of probabil- ity theory. This does not mean that I intended to write an easy book, but rather to eliminate any difficulty for an eager reader who, in spite of incomplete for- malistic training, would like to become acquainted with the physical ideas and con- cepts underlying the evolution and dynamics of complex systems.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3540133232
• ISBN 13: 9783540133230
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 412
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible