Celestial encounters : the origins of chaos and stability / Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes.
Celestial encounters : the origins of chaos and stability / Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes.
Celestial encounters : the origins of chaos and stability / Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.
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T0392540
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. A Great Discovery - And a Mistake -- 2. Symbolic Dynamics -- 3. Collisions and Other Singularities -- 4. Stability -- 5. KAM Theory.
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
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 a...
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Celestial encounters : the origins of chaos and stability / Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.
Transferred from N521/22.
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c1996.
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T0392540
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74VvZy85EdgM
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ISBN
0691027439 (cl alk. paper)
9780691027432 (cl : alk. paper)
0691027439 (cl : alk. paper)
9780691027432 (cl alk. paper)
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521
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991004758929702626
