Catastrophe Theory
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1986, 1986
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 1986 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Singularities, Bifurcations, and Catastrophes
- 2 Whitney’s Singularity Theory
- 3 Applications of Whitney’s Theory
- 4 A Catastrophe Machine
- 5 Bifurcations of Equilibrium States
- 6 Loss of Stability of Equilibrium and of Self-Oscillating Modes of Behaviour
- 7 Singularities of the Stability Boundary and the Principle of the Fragility of Good Things
- 8 Caustics, Wave Fronts, and Their Metamorphoses
- 9 The Large-Scale Distribution of Matter in the Universe
- 10 Singularities in Optimization Problems: the Maximum Function
- 11 Singularities of the Boundary of Attainability
- 12 Smooth Surfaces and Their Projections
- 13 The Problem of Bypassing an Obstacle
- 14 Symplectic and Contact Geometry
- 15 Complex Singularities
- 16 The Mysticism of Catastrophe Theory
- Bibliographical Comments