Catastrophe Theory and Its Applications
- 作者
- 出版社 Dover Publications
- 出版时间 不详年
- ISBN 9780486692715
- 定价 332.40
内容简介
ThisfirstintegratedtreatmentofthemainideasbehindRenéThom'stheoryofcatastrophesaimstomakethemaccessibletoscientistswishingtoapplythetheoryintheirownfieldsofresearch.Themathematicalbasisofthetheoryisthereforeexplainedwithaminimumoftechnicalities，althoughsomeknowledgeofthecalculusofvariablesisassumed.
Thom'snow-famouslistofsevenelementarycatastrophes，broadlyclassifyingvarioustypesofdiscontinuouschange，iselucidated，asarethereasonsforitsappearance.Nearlyhalfthebookconcentratesondetailedapplicationsofthetheory，emphasizingitsusesinthephysicalscienceswhereapplicationscanbemadequantitativeandcanbeexperimentallyverified.Themorecontroversialandspeculativeapplicationstoareasinthesocialsciencesarealsomentioned，butnotdiscussedindetail.
Over200illustrationshelpclarifytheideasandapplicationsinthisvolume，whichwillbeofinteresttoresearchersandpostgraduatestudentsinsuchdiversedisciplinesasengineering，mathematics，physics，andbiology.1978edition.Bibliography.
Thom'snow-famouslistofsevenelementarycatastrophes，broadlyclassifyingvarioustypesofdiscontinuouschange，iselucidated，asarethereasonsforitsappearance.Nearlyhalfthebookconcentratesondetailedapplicationsofthetheory，emphasizingitsusesinthephysicalscienceswhereapplicationscanbemadequantitativeandcanbeexperimentallyverified.Themorecontroversialandspeculativeapplicationstoareasinthesocialsciencesarealsomentioned，butnotdiscussedindetail.
Over200illustrationshelpclarifytheideasandapplicationsinthisvolume，whichwillbeofinteresttoresearchersandpostgraduatestudentsinsuchdiversedisciplinesasengineering，mathematics，physics，andbiology.1978edition.Bibliography.
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